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BloodMoonEquinox — Color Tutorial

Published: 2012-11-24 05:04:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 18175; Favourites: 890; Downloads: 274
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Description November 23, 2012

Another tutorial! This time is on how to change the color of an image.

I forgot to add in the tutorial itself, to get the rainbow effect, you just select a rainbow gradient, set it to linear, and drag it across the flower. It conforms to the transparency lock just like the solid color does.

I'm sure there're already tutorials like this out there, I just discovered this method on my own a few months back. It might not be original, but hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.



EDIT 12/29/12: OMG I got a DD! I was wondering why I had 250+ feedback messages this morning when my average is around 30! It'll take me awhile but I promise I'll give thank-yous and llamas for everybody! Thanks so much to ^PirateLotus-Stock for featuring it!
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Comments: 99

BloodMoonEquinox In reply to ??? [2013-09-21 04:10:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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WinterNyx In reply to BloodMoonEquinox [2013-09-21 05:55:15 +0000 UTC]

Not a problem!

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TrinitySage [2013-08-28 22:33:27 +0000 UTC]

I featured your tutorial in my journal today!
Here's the link if you'd like to check it out - fav.me/d6k39b7

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to TrinitySage [2013-08-31 22:36:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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TrinitySage In reply to BloodMoonEquinox [2013-08-31 23:02:29 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome!
thank you for sharing your tutorial!

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nightshade-keyblade [2013-02-20 02:44:39 +0000 UTC]

Hey, me again

I followed the steps but when I get to changing the foreground colour, there doesn't seem to be an option for changing it to black

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to nightshade-keyblade [2013-02-22 02:08:27 +0000 UTC]

There are multiple ways of changing the foreground color--if you double-click the foreground color box in the toolbox (those two boxes on top of each other in the middle of the toolbox, the top one is foreground) a new dialogue box will pop up where you can choose your color, either by the slider or entering a value on the side. Next to those two boxes on top of each other is a tiny icon version of the two boxes; just click that and it resets your colors to default.

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nightshade-keyblade In reply to BloodMoonEquinox [2013-02-22 21:13:38 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm...I'll give that a go. Thanks!

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winxlover12345 [2013-02-10 11:43:17 +0000 UTC]

this tutorial will help me a lot in the future.

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to winxlover12345 [2013-02-11 20:57:20 +0000 UTC]

That's great to hear!

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Portalpup [2013-01-27 19:24:09 +0000 UTC]

I dont have the layers list/tab D: , how do i get it? ( i have version 2.11 of GIMP)

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to Portalpup [2013-01-27 20:44:18 +0000 UTC]

In the top menu bar, click Windows>Dockable Dialogues>Layers. I think that Crtl+L (on a PC) and Cmd+L (on a MAC) will also open the layers panel.

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Portalpup In reply to BloodMoonEquinox [2013-01-27 22:42:18 +0000 UTC]

thank you :3

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nightshade-keyblade [2013-01-22 23:24:48 +0000 UTC]

I'm stuck on Step 4. I can't seem to find the Change Foreground Colour box

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to nightshade-keyblade [2013-01-23 01:45:45 +0000 UTC]

It's in the middle of the toolbar on the left-hand side--double-click the two overlapping color boxes, and the color dialogue box should pop up.

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nightshade-keyblade In reply to BloodMoonEquinox [2013-01-24 00:15:51 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I found it! Thanks so much again

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nightshade-keyblade [2013-01-20 18:40:00 +0000 UTC]

Uh, this is lame, I know, but is there such a tutorial for Photoshop CS2? (I got it fo free)

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to nightshade-keyblade [2013-01-21 02:22:18 +0000 UTC]

I think with a bit of tweaking, you could probably adapt this method to work for Photoshop. I've never used CS2, only CS5, so I don't know how advanced the CS2 is compared to CS5 and GIMP. Try searching for a coloring tutorial in the Resources and Stock Images gallery, or check out some of the tutorial groups here in deviantART such as #TutorialsClub or #ArtistsHospital . Perhaps someone there might know how to help you!

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nightshade-keyblade In reply to BloodMoonEquinox [2013-01-21 21:09:00 +0000 UTC]

Oh, OK.

CS2 is less advanced than CS5. Not sure how advanced in relation to GIMP.

Good idea, thanks!

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crazystarshiine [2012-12-30 07:38:09 +0000 UTC]

Much easier/more effective way:
adjust levels
adjust hue/saturation

boom.

desaturating the rose just gets rid of all the great mixtures of colors and turns the shadows black...

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to crazystarshiine [2012-12-30 16:22:56 +0000 UTC]

Yes, that works as well! Often when I do that, though, the gradation of colors becomes pixellated. Since I like having very dark, dramatic shadows in my photomanipulations, the black shadows don't bother me too much. Whatever floats your boat, you know!

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crazystarshiine In reply to BloodMoonEquinox [2013-01-02 06:46:40 +0000 UTC]

tru dat!

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jimsta26 [2012-12-30 07:06:52 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the tips!

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to jimsta26 [2012-12-30 16:19:36 +0000 UTC]

You're quite welcome!

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Cordan-Wraith [2012-12-30 06:13:34 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome, very helpful, especially for beginners

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to Cordan-Wraith [2012-12-30 16:19:12 +0000 UTC]

Great to hear! Thank you!!

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sweetsugariness [2012-12-30 05:21:14 +0000 UTC]

useful ^^ thank you

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to sweetsugariness [2012-12-30 16:18:55 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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PhoenixFluff [2012-12-30 04:02:38 +0000 UTC]

Nice tutorial!!

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to PhoenixFluff [2012-12-30 04:27:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!!

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AngelsForeverXO [2012-12-30 02:04:36 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations on the DD!

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to AngelsForeverXO [2012-12-30 02:23:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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Captain-Sol [2012-12-30 01:32:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank-you so much for the tutorial! I had to try this out as soon as I saw this, [link]

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to Captain-Sol [2012-12-30 02:22:05 +0000 UTC]

You're so welcome! I'm glad that it worked out so nicely for you!

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hydromanic [2012-12-30 01:00:58 +0000 UTC]

Greetings, fellow GIMP user.

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to hydromanic [2012-12-30 01:04:22 +0000 UTC]

Greetings!

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MomoHinamoru [2012-12-29 23:59:17 +0000 UTC]

i need a rpg maker tutorial plz

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to MomoHinamoru [2012-12-30 00:48:10 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry, but I don't know anything about RPGs.

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MomoHinamoru In reply to BloodMoonEquinox [2012-12-30 02:57:00 +0000 UTC]

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Day-night-sleeper [2012-12-29 23:26:11 +0000 UTC]

So in def.....

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to Day-night-sleeper [2012-12-29 23:37:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Day-night-sleeper In reply to BloodMoonEquinox [2012-12-30 02:43:41 +0000 UTC]

no problem.....


so pretty....

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MrsVenetiaShellhorn [2012-12-29 23:04:43 +0000 UTC]

congrats on the DD!
this is so very helpful!

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to MrsVenetiaShellhorn [2012-12-29 23:37:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!! I'm glad you find it useful!

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XDemiseEmoGirlX [2012-12-29 21:53:39 +0000 UTC]

Hi! congrats for the DD, its amazing
have a nice day (:

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to XDemiseEmoGirlX [2012-12-29 22:33:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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rosebfischer [2012-12-29 19:41:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the tip about lock transparency. That's awesome.

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BloodMoonEquinox In reply to rosebfischer [2012-12-29 20:40:14 +0000 UTC]

No problem! Lock transparency is a huge timesaver, especially since GIMP doesn't yet have a "clipping mask" option like Photoshop does (at least, not to my knowledge! )

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rosebfischer In reply to BloodMoonEquinox [2012-12-29 22:14:22 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, neither does Paint Shop Pro, but I think it does have a lock transparency option.

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Filly8 [2012-12-29 19:28:49 +0000 UTC]

Good simple, beginner tutorial ^^ Out of curiosity do you find that this produces a better result than just simply selectign the flower an going to color>colorize? Also it is fun to see a tutorial for GIMP users; so many people get snooty about GIMP being less useful than PS but it sure works for me

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