How to Correct Spot Color in Photoshop
Spot color is an artistic effect whereby you transform a full-color image into black and white and then cherry-pick areas of the picture to re-add color. Spot color is ideal for drawing a viewer's eye to a specific element of an image, such as a single flower in a field or one person in a large crowd. Once you've performed the spot-color process on your image, you're not necessarily tied to the way the picture looks. Use Adobe Photoshop, a graphics software editor, to correct spot color with a couple of quick clicks.
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Instructions
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Open Photoshop, click the "File" menu and select "Open." Browse to the image with the spot color to correct and double-click the file name, opening the picture in the Photoshop workspace.
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Click the "Magnify" tool, which looks like a magnifying glass on the bottom of the "Tools" palette on the left side of the screen. Zoom in on an area of spot color to correct so it takes up most of the screen.
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Click the "Lasso" tool on the "Tools" palette and draw an outline around the spot-color area, such as a balloon or cup. When you see blinking "marching ants" surround the area, right-click and select "Layer via Copy."
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Click the "Image" menu at the top of the screen, click "Adjustments" and select "Hue/Saturation." Move the "Hue" slider bar to the left or right, which changes the color in the selected area. Note the number in the "Hue" box and click the "OK" button.
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Click the "Window" menu and select "Layers." The "Layers" palette opens with a Background layer and a Layer 1.
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Select the Background layer to give it focus. Repeat the "Lasso" and "Layer via Copy" process on another area of the same spot color to correct. Repeat the "Image," "Adjustments" and "Hue/Saturation" process, but instead of sliding the "Hue" bar, type in the number to get the colors exactly the same. Click "OK."
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Repeat the entire "Lasso" and coloring process for other spot-color areas on the picture to correct, starting from scratch with the Background layer and sliding the "Hue" bar to get your preferred colors.
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Click the small lined icon at the top right of the "Layers" palette. Select "Flatten Image" and all the layers combine into one. Click the "File" menu, click "Save As" and type a new name for the picture, which preserves the original.
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