Photoshopping

[JackoChang]

Recently I've tried to take a pic of my "My Flamethrower" chalice, yup I named it. However, it looks neon like. The colors are accurate, under my LEDs anyways, but it looks like if I turned up the saturation. My question is, how do I tone it down and still keep the original colors? I've looked for a photography forum but can't seem to find it, so I posted here.

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[MikeW]

What colors are you trying to get out of it..

 

[JackoChang]

The neon blue circles around the eyes, those look fake to me. The actual chalice is very bright, but I just wanted to tone those down a little. I think that would give it a more "natural" look.

 

[MikeW]

More like this.

 

[JackoChang]

Yup. Thanks Mike

 

[MikeW]

You have to go into layers and so a selective color. Kinda tricky to get use to doing but you can have fun with it also.

 

[JackoChang]

You have to go into layers and so a selective color. Kinda tricky to get use to doing but you can have fun with it also.

Is there a youtube or other video tutorial for it?

 

[MikeW]

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...93u8LMCflPrzvvV-g&sig2=JBhfOK_XI_AET4-Ovh6abQ

YouTube - ‪Selective Color Tutorial in Photoshop CS3‬‏

Selective Color Photoshop Tutorial

 

[JackoChang]

Thanks again

First link not working BTW

 

[swordfight]

Try using lightroom is you're trying to process RAW images, JPEG and others work too.

 

[JackoChang]

I'm not familiar with lightroom. Is it a photoshop clone? I'm just using my 10MP Nikon PnS. I made a clear acrylic box and do top down shots.

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[swordfight]

Lightroom is actually made by Adobe, it's created for the purpose of photographers in mind.