Changing the color from pink to cream/off white color

[cathm]

What is the best way to change the color of this diaper cover from this pink to cream or off white color?

[Damien Symonds]

The very easiest method would involve changing it to pretty much the same cream colour as the fluffy rug. Would that be sufficient?

[cathm]

Yes, that would be great!

 

[Damien Symonds]

Okey dokey.  I have to go out for a while, and I'll help you out when I get back.  In the meantime, please post some more white balance photos in class.

[Damien Symonds]

How's this?

[cathm]

oh wow!!!

 

[cathm]

Would love to learn how to do this, thanks!

[Damien Symonds]

It's two layers:

First, the Channel Mixer layer, with the "Monochrome" checkbox checked, and these values:  0, 0, +100, 0.

Then add the Levels layer and clip it to the Channel Mixer layer, and enter these values:

• Red channel 0/1.20/213 and 53/255
• Green channel 0/1.07/238 and 13/255
• Blue channel 16/0.97/238 and 0/255

At this stage the whole photo will be kinda tan-coloured.  Return to the Channel Mixer layer and invert the mask to black to hide it all.

Then mask it on to the cover.  You'll need to be very careful not to let the colour spill onto the legs.  But you can let the colour spill onto the rug a little bit, since it's about the same colour.

[Damien Symonds]

How did you go, @cathm?

[cathm]

Am I doing this correctly?  I wasn't sure about this part --> Then add the Levels layer and clip it to the Channel Mixer layer, and enter these values:

• Red channel 0/1.20/213 and 53/255

[Damien Symonds]

Yep, that looks right.

[cathm]

Here is what I got! Thank you.

What is a secret of figuring out the color recipe?

Like if I want to make the diaper cover more white, what do i adjust?

 

 

[Damien Symonds]

You'll learn about that in the Channel Mixer Class, but that's a little way down the road.