laughing buddha production Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Hi, I am playing around with some jewelry photography. The guy I am shooting for is doing a line of charms in silver and gold. He has the sterling silver ones on hand to photograph - I am fine handling that. (I am shooting in color, 35mm digital, Nikon D70 with a 105mm lens in a light tent with hot and strobe.) He asked me if I could take those photos and convert the sterling silver to look like a yellow gold piece in PS. I said I thought it was possible. Anyone have suggestions on how to approach this in Photoshop? Thanks! Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing buddha production Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 "open your eyes before you open your mouth." So I just fiddled with the Color Balance and voila - silver to gold! Just like the old alchemists tried. I moved the Yellow -Blue to -100 and the Cyan-Red to +70 and Magenta-Green to -10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_daalder Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Michael, You will need to play around with the Gradient Map.<br>Open up the original image and start with duplicating the layer. Go to Image - Adjustments - Gradient Map. Click on the colour and select something that comes close to a gold tone.<br>Next, merge layers and go to Hue/Saturation. Work with this until you are satisfied with the colour and then finish off the image with Levels and Contrast.<br.Here's a quick example with a silver ring that I grabbed from a jewelry site...<p.Have fun!<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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