How to Edit the Color of Your Pictures
No matter the color of your picture, you can edit just about any aspect of it using photo-editing software such as Adobe Photoshop and CorelDraw. These programs let you select an individual color and change it to any color of your choice. This process does not require large amounts of photo-editing experience, and you can literally change every single color in your photograph.
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Instructions
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Launch the photo-editing software on your computer. Although Windows does come with "Paint," this program does not possess the ability to adjust your photo colors. You need to use a third-party program.
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Click "File," Open" and choose the image you want to change the color to.
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Select the "Lasso" tool on the left side of the screen. This tool allows you to trace around an object freehand and the the lasso effect automatically configures to the curves of the color selected (to make up for unsteady hands).
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Trace around the color you want to change. Once you have traced completely around it, let go of the mouse. The entire area becomes highlighted.
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Click the "Eye Dropper" tool on the left side of the screen, then click anywhere inside the color. This selects the color. Click the color palette on the side of the screen (the exact location for the color palette varies from program to program). Choose the color you want to use and instantly the color in your image changes to what you've selected.
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- Photo Credit Photo of the photographer, taking a photo image by Aleksej Kostin from Fotolia.com
