How to Color in Photoshop Elements
If you would like to be able to add color to areas of your photographs or other images, you might first think of using a program like Adobe Photoshop. It is the most popular graphics program out there, but it does have certain drawbacks, such as complexity and cost. You might want to instead consider Photoshop's simpler and much less expensive little brother, Photoshop Elements, which has several ways of adding color to an image.
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Open Photoshop Elements. Go to File and click "Open" if you want to open a photograph to work on. If you want to create a new document, then instead of "Open" click "New." In the dialog box that opens make the height, width and resolution settings whatever you need for your project.
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Go to the Toolbar, click on the "Foreground" color, and change it to whatever color you like. Then select the "Brush" tool. Go to the "Options" bar at the top, select a brush "Preset," and adjust the size of the brush to suit your needs.
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Go to the Polygonal Selection Tool, and select the area you would like to work on.
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Use the "Brush" tool to paint the color into the selection. Or you could select the "Paint Bucket" tool, and fill the entire selection with the color. A third option for changing the color of the selection is to go to Image, then Adjustments, and click Hue/Saturation. In the dialog that opens up, you can adjust the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness sliders to change the color of the selection.
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