Kim Howells Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Hi Damo. I thought to make the bricks black, I could use the black eyedropper in levels, but all that does is change the colour of the image. How can I make it black, and preserve the colour and brightness of the hair? 100% crop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 May I also see the whole photo for reference? I need to know what other edges will be affected by the adjustment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Howells Posted September 30, 2017 Author Share Posted September 30, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Ok, the rest should be fairly straightforward masking on the black Solid Color layer, yes? Inevitably you're going to lose some strands when blackening. And inevitably some tips of hair will change colour a little. Is this ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Howells Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 Yes, that's fab. What did you do? Shouldn't the black eyedropper turn that area black rather than just changing the colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 On 10/1/2017 at 8:45 AM, Kim said: Shouldn't the black eyedropper turn that area black rather than just changing the colour? Expand Sorry, I don't understand this question. Isn't black what you want? That's what the eyedropper does, it changes the colour of the point at which you click, forcing it to be black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I found I had to change the levels layer's blend mode to Luminosity - did you try that too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Howells Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Yes black is what I want, it wasn't doing that. I'll try luminosity when I am back home, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Have you seen this thread? Remember that you only need to blacken immediately adjacent to the hair with the Levels layer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Howells Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 Very weird. The black eyedropper just isn't working. The white one does exactly what it should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Have you double-clicked on it to make sure it's really set to black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Howells Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 BOOM there's the issue, thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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