conclusion,,,
Method Two: Isolating Complex Colors With Layers
I’d bet most readers have come across this image once or twice, even in casual browsing. Let’s give Jimmy a makeover by isolating the color in his eyes. This second method assumes you have a slightly higher comfort level with Photoshop.
Make a rough selection with your Quick Selection Tool, shortcut key “
W.” It doesn’t have to be very good, as you can see above, although you can be as precise as you like, or even use any method that suits you.
We’ve created selections on both eyes. Press
to create a new layer from them.
Note that we’re using the background layer in our how-to: many purists hate modifying the background layer, so before the next step, Save As to create a new copy or simply right click your background layer to duplicate it. After doing that (or ignoring that advice) go to either your Background or Background Copy layer in your Layers Panel.
Press
to desaturate the background part of the image, leaving the eyes on a separate layer.
Press
to get the eraser tool. If you know how to use layer masks, you can always create one to mask out the parts of your isolated color (eyes, in our example) layer. However, beginner Photoshop users may find it easier to simply use the eraser. Make sure you jump to your “eyes” layer in your Layers Panel to begin erasing. Eliminate any part of the selection you don’t want to be colorful.
Jimmy’s eyes are very subtle, so we can increase the saturation. Still in our isolated color layer, we can bring up Hue/Saturation and adjust it by itself.
Press
to bring up the Hue/Saturation slider.
We adjust our color layer as shown above right. The “Colorize” option is on, and the sliders are changed to make his eyes a colorful, saturated blue that stands out from the gray of the background.
And here’s our final image. There are likely to be a hundred different ways to accomplish this same effect, including using layer masks and adjustment layers.
Thanks to Geek Eric Z Goodnight