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Colouring Light

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Change the colour of the light sources in your photographs.


image 1 1. Open the image for editing.

image 2 2. Duplicate the current layer (Ctrl+J) and add a layer mask (Layer> Add Layer Mask> Reveal All). Set the current layer's blending mode to "Hard Light".

image 3 3. With the layer mask selected, use the "Apply Image" tool (Image> Apply Image) to apply the following properties:

Source: filename
Layer: Merged
Channel: RGB
Invert: Uncheckmarked
Blending: Normal
Opacity: 100%

Click OK.


image 4 4. Select the top layer to deselect its layer mask and use the "Hue/Saturation" tool (Ctrl+U) to change the colour of the light in the image. Make sure that the "Colorize" checkbox is checkmarked. Click OK.

Colouring Light 5. Rollover the image in this step to see the original image before this technique was applied.