Photoshop help with colors: I have a pic with yellow water. because the algae on the bottom was yellow. I want to change the water back to blue. IN the past Ive done it like this Hue...

bdk Loc: Sanibel Fl.

I have a pic with yellow water. because the algae on the bottom was yellow.
I want to change the water back to blue.
IN the past Ive done it like this
Hue and Sat, Adj Layer
click the hand icon.
click the color ( ie yellow water)
then use the sliders to change the color from yellow to blue
except I am not getting blue, only a green with a slight blue tint .

so My question is how would you change water to blue in photoshop.

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

bdk wrote:

I have a pic with yellow water. because the algae on the bottom was yellow.
I want to change the water back to blue.
IN the past Ive done it like this
Hue and Sat, Adj Layer
click the hand icon.
click the color ( ie yellow water)
then use the sliders to change the color from yellow to blue
except I am not getting blue, only a green with a slight blue tint .

so My question is how would you change water to blue in photoshop.

Please post a photo and check Store Original.

Ourspolair

You can simply do a colour replacement...

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

bdk wrote:

I have a pic with yellow water. because the algae on the bottom was yellow.
I want to change the water back to blue.
IN the past Ive done it like this
Hue and Sat, Adj Layer
click the hand icon.
click the color ( ie yellow water)
then use the sliders to change the color from yellow to blue
except I am not getting blue, only a green with a slight blue tint .

so My question is how would you change water to blue in photoshop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9fwiNyDHLI

Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

Try....Select the water area..De Saturate colour Yellow...Colour Balance the area and move slider to Blue / Cyan regions.

tcthome Loc: NJ

then use the sliders to change the color from yellow to blue
except I am not getting blue, only a green with a slight blue tint .

so My question is how would you change water to blue in photoshop.[/quote]

Color theory maybe= the color wheel, etc. Play around with different colors & see what happens. Try & do this non destructively of coarse.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Yellow PLUS blue makes green.

You probably need to do a two-step adjustment.... first reducing or removing the yellow, then increasing or adding the blue. I can think of several ways to do this selectively. But you might try the method you described using previously, except this time create two layers... use one to reduce the yellow and the other to increase the blue. You can "tweak" each of those layers as needed with the various controls. You also can add a mask to one or both of them if you want to use that to control what part of the image is affected by the layers.

Let us know is this works.

rfcoakley Loc: Auburn, NH

A lot of good info on color selection in photoshop is currently being provided as the free tutorial in Ben Whitmore's Masters Academy.

https://mastersacademy.com/free/

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

bdk wrote:

I have a pic with yellow water. because the algae on the bottom was yellow.
I want to change the water back to blue.
IN the past Ive done it like this
Hue and Sat, Adj Layer
click the hand icon.
click the color ( ie yellow water)
then use the sliders to change the color from yellow to blue
except I am not getting blue, only a green with a slight blue tint .

so My question is how would you change water to blue in photoshop.

The 'color' blue has as it's base in the tone Green. With water that you want 'blue' you need to not use the blue channel, but use the CYAN channel. Be mindful of the three positions of Shadow, Midtone, and Highlights.