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Swapping Colors
For this example, I’m selecting an area of one image as the color source and applying this color source to a target image. The color source is going to be the selected area in Figure 26-1, the lighter portion of the man’s face. The color cast in his face is rather red. This photograph is saved as Man.psd.
Figure 26-1: The selected area of the man’s face is going to be used as the color source.
The target image that will receive the colors from the selected source area is going to be the rather dark photograph of a woman shown in Figure 26-2. The woman’s face is obscured by shadow and the color cast of the entire photograph is rather bluish. This photograph is saved as Woman.psd.
Figure 26-2: This dark photograph is going to change dramatically when the color source is applied to it.
Okay, here’s how the Match Color command works:
Open the image(s) that you want to use to match colors.If you want to select portions of an image or layer for use as the source color or as target areas, use the selection tools to select those areas.For this example, I’m using two images: Man.psd and Woman.psd , shown in Figures 26-1 and 26-2.
Make sure that the target image is selected and in front or the target layer is selected in the Layers palette.
Choose Image>Adjustments>Match Color.The Match Color dialog box shown in Figure 26-3 opens. Notice the upper area of the dialog box, labeled Destination Image. This area is used for target settings. The bottom area, labeled Image Statistics, is used to select source settings.
Figure 26-3: The Match Color dialog box is divided into two areas: Target settings are on the top, and source settings are on the bottom.
| Tip | When the Match Color command is selected, the mouse pointer automatically changes to the Eyedropper tool if you need to sample colors from an image. |
In the Image Statistics area, select the color source by using the various drop-down lists and check boxes.
Use the Source drop-down list to select an image as the color source.
Use the Layer drop-down list to select a layer as the color source.
If you selected an area in a different image as the color source, enable the Use Selection in Source to Calculate Colors check box.
If you selected an area within the target image as the color source, enable the Use Selection in Target to Calculate Adjustment check box.
Because I’m using a selection in the Man.psd image as the source image, I selected the image by using the Source drop-down list and selected the Use Selection in Source to Calculate Colors check box. After I’ve selected the source, the colors in my target image, Woman.psd , change dramatically. (See Figure 26-4.) However, the color cast is way too red and overly bright. I fix these problems in the next step.
Figure 26-4: When the colors from the selected source area are applied to the photograph of the woman, the colors change dramatically.
In the Destination Image area, use the sliders and check box to modify the color adjustment.
Drag the Luminance slider to the left to make the target image darker. Drag it to the right to make the image brighter.
Drag the Color Intensity slider left to decrease the saturation of the target image. Drag it right to increase the saturation.
Drag the Fade slider to fade the amount of the color adjustment.
Select the Neutralize check box to bring the color cast to a more neutral tonal range area. This reduces excessive color casts.
For my example, I selected the Neutralize check box to reduce the reddish cast of the target image. Then, because the image looked a little washed out, I lowered the Luminance slightly (to 84) and adjusted the Fade to 20. Figure 26-5 shows the finished target photograph. Quite a difference from its original color and tone as it originally appears in Figure 26-2.
Figure 26-5: After the color and tone in this image are adjusted, the photograph looks quite different.
When you’re finished adjusting the target image settings, click OK to close the Match Color dialog box.
