i have a photo of a cabinet in a room and i want to see how different stain colors would look on it. the stain colors are on another photo is there a way to pick the colors in one photo and apply them to the other? Any tutorials? I did a search but couldn't find anything dealing with wood
Thanks appreciate it
First and foremost, duplicate the image layer so you can mask any part of the image you want and so you can change the opacity of the image for an easier way of toning down colors to match the stain.
There are three quick ways i can think of:
1. Add a color balance or channel mixer adjustment layer and change the sliders until you get the stain color you want.. doing this will change the color of the whole image, so you'll have to mask off the environment when you're done.
2. Add a new layer, fill it with a color similar to the stain, then change the layer blending options to either Hue, Overlay or Color (whichever works best). this, too, will affect the whole image, so you'll have to do the same with the environment of the image as the first step. if you need to play around with the colors, you can re-fill the layer with whatever color you want and the same effect will take place.
3. go to the menu bar up top and click on "Image > Adjustments > Replace Color...". A dialog will pop up showing the eyedropper tool. With the eyedropper tool, click on the cabinet in the actual image. Slide the "Hue" bar in the dialog box to whatever value just so you know what part of the cabinet changes color. Now, click on the eyedropper tool with the "+" sign in the dialog box and click on the remainder of the cabinet that hasn't been selected yet until it's all the same color. Slide the bars until you're happy with the stain color. *Note: if you have similar colors around the image to that of the cabinet, you would have to mask the environment off that image, as those will change color as well.
i hope at least one of those steps can help!
