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
"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.
Michael, You will need to play around with the Gradient Map. 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. 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.