Filling in sheer sleeves

[Leeba]

Hi, how would I go about making these sleeves non sheer, matching the rest of the dress?

[Damien Symonds]

Hi @Leeba, it should be simple enough.  Do you want to include the top section of her chest as well?

[Leeba]

Yes

[Damien Symonds]

Cool.  May I have a closer view of the area?

[Leeba]

[Damien Symonds]

Great, thanks.

Oh, can you tell me which version of Photoshop you have?

[Damien Symonds]

Also, can you confirm you're in the right colour space?  https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

[Leeba]

I'm using photoshop 2024

[Damien Symonds]

Perhaps this?

[Leeba]

Yes that's perfect!

[Damien Symonds]

Okay, I started with a Hue/Saturation layer, with the "Colorize" box checked, and values: 230/25/0.  I masked that to the whole area, and allowed it to blend into the rest of the dress a little bit.

Then I added a Levels layer and clipped it to the Hue/Sat layer, and on the RGB channel I moved the white Output slider in to 120.  (The Output sliders are the ones touching the gradient, not the ones touching the histogram).  Then started very carefully masking that layer onto the fabric.  I varied the brush opacity a lot, as needed . Allow plenty of time for this.

[Leeba]

Thank you so much. I'm struggling with blending the line across the chest but I'll keep trying to vary the brush. I have several pictures the mom is asking to fill in, would you say this is not a quick fix but something that will take time for each picture?

[Damien Symonds]

A lot of time, I'm afraid

[Leeba]

Ok cool. Thanks so much 🙏🏻