Coloring technique?

[fernie]

My friend gave me an image that she would like to have colored. For some reason she took the image black n white (dunno why) and she asked me to color the dog red.

I tried making it simple by adding a new layer and setting the blending mode to color and had a few questions. How can I go about possibly removing the shadows from the dog or simply using a technique that wont make the shadows come out to red when colored.

My 2nd question is why can't I select the color black to color the nose, paws and eyes. I mean I can select it but when I try painting it it does not paint over it.

Here's an example of what I am talking about it's not done carefully by any means just wanted to show u guys what I am referring to

[sigi]

try to use a hue/saturation adjustemnt layer first ad use the settings you like, the pres Ctrl+I (Invert) and then on the layer mask try to paint white on the dog to reveal the color

[rob170]

use the layer mask and choose solid color overlay then select overlay for the layer blend. on the washed out color like the sky you'll have to use a different blend mode. in this example I used darken, I used the same for the yellow. I left the tips of the paws so you could see the difference with the color overlay

[fernie]

Thanks! So I messed with the contrast first then began the coloring. I couldn't figure out how to color in black for some reason when I do it it removes the color instead.

So for the eyebrows nose n paw I tried adding another layer brushed it with black and jusst lowered the opacity.

Not the best but this shall do

[Kewish]

Good work Fernie.

They just look a little over saturated to me and the contrast isn't doing the image any favours so I thought I'd try my hand at this.

I hope you like!

[fernie]

Originally Posted by Kewish

Good work Fernie.

They just look a little over saturated to me and the contrast isn't doing the image any favours so I thought I'd try my hand at this.

I hope you like!

Big ups! That looks waaaaaay better!