Colouring with Hue/Saturation/Lightness PSP 7 This tutorial was created May 5th 2002©Copyright Artwork by EssexGirl please do not copy it, or put it anywhere else without my written permission. *NOTE* Sometimes the links for filters change, it's difficult (and a lot of work) to keep changing them on individual pages, so I have created a page with links to filters and programs that I have used in my tutorials. That way it is easier for me, because when there are changes I will only have one page to update and hopefully better for you, because I'm less likely to miss a page out when doing the updates :) You will find links to filters/programs used in this tutorial Here the link will open in a new window Filters and programs used in this tutorial :- Paint Shop Pro Dragonfly's Sinedots II Materials :- My sg_egg_timer.cfg available Here unzip into the folder where you keep your sinedot .cfg files some images have been made smaller to shorten file size

Although I have written this tutorial primarily for colouring sinedots it can be used to change the colour of any image in the same way.

(If you are not using the sinedots filter, make shapes with the Preset Shapes Tool instead, using the same colours that I use for my sinedots) Step 1. I am going to use 4 images in different colours Open a new image 150 x 150 transparent Go to Effects...Plugins...Sinedots... open my sg_egg_timer.cfg there are 2 settings in this cfg choose the preset called flag. (you can use another preset if you want to, but the tutorial will be easier to follow if you change the colours to the same ones that I have used). If you are new to sinedots and don't know how to open the .cfg file click Here for more information If you are using a different preset (or using preset shapes), the colour I'm using here is red (#FF0000) I am using a transparent background for my sinedot, so make sure the blend is set to 'screen' (change it in the drop down list if necessary) and click ok Open another new image 150 x 150 transparent. Go to Sinedots again and use the same preset, but this time click on the colour box and change the colour to yellow (#FFFF00). Repeat with a 3rd image, make the colour of this one blue(#0000FF), then repeat one more time making this one green (#00FF00)

Step 2. Go to Image...Canvas size...and change the size of the canvas to 300 x 300 (it doesn't matter about the placement, we will re-position with the Mover Tool). Move the sinedot to the top right corner. Go back to each of your other coloured images in turn, copying (ctrl + C) and pasting as a new selection (ctrl + E) on to the same image as your green sinedot, placing one in each corner. It doesn't really matter which way round they face, you can flip, mirror, or rotate after placing each one if you want, I did with mine, but it's not necessary. Here's my screenshot

Step 3. Colours...Adjust...Hue/Saturation/Lightness... Before you begin, click on the reset button at the bottom (circled) this will put the settings to the default values (if at any time you want to return to the default settings click this button).

Step 4. In the centre is the colour wheel. The outer ring is static, the inner ring turns as the slider is moved. We haven't moved anything yet, so the colour positions are the same. In between the inner and outer rings there is another coloured ring, this denotes the colours that can be changed in the present mode. In the Master edit mode, all of the colours can be changed. Just above the wheel is a slider, which we can use to change the colours in our image. As it is moved the position of the colours around the inner wheel moves and the amount it is moved governs the amount the colours move around the colour wheel. This should make more sense once we start to play

Step 5. The box next to the slider gives the number of degrees around the wheel of any movement we make. Negative figures for anti-clockwise (counter-clockwise) and positive figures for clockwise The two windows at the top show the current colour of your sinedot (left) and a preview (right) of the changes you are making. Leave the colourize box unticked (this is for greyscale images)

Step 6. At the moment the Edit drop down box is in Master Edit Mode. In this mode moving the hue slider in either direction, moves all of the colours in our image around the colour wheel by the same amount. Move the slider all the way to the right and see what happens The wheel rotates 180 degrees (half way round) clockwise and all the colours become their opposite, eg blue becomes yellow. If you look at the inner and outer rings on the colour wheel and your image in the preview window, you will see that the original colours of your image on the outer ring line up with the new colours of your image on the inner ring. The same thing happens if you move the slider all the way to the left, because although it moves in the opposite direction, it still finishes in the same place (halfway round).

Step 7. Try moving the slider to a different position. I have moved mine so that the number in the hue box reads minus 60 (if you can't get the exact figure with the slider, get it close and then adjust with the left, right keys, or highlight the figure in the box and type it in). The original colours of your image on the outer ring, have become the colours on the inner ring that line up with them. All of the colours move exactly the same distance as each other around the colour wheel.

Step 8. If you don't want to change all the colours by the same amount, you can change them individually. Click on the 'edit' dropdown box (or its arrow) and choose the colour range which contains the colour that you want to change, eg 'reds'. If you have to reset now the edit mode will return to 'Master' so if you still want to use 'reds' (or any of the other colour ranges) you will need to change the edit mode again.

Step 9. The coloured area in the ring between the inner and outer rings is much smaller now, because it only contains those colours that come under the 'red' range. Anything outside that range will not be changed when the slider is moved. Try moving the slider all the way to the right again (180). You will see that the red part of your image has changed to cyan, but the rest of the image keeps it's original colours. We have only got one colour in our image that comes within the range covered by 'reds', but any colour (eg orange) that comes between the end pointers of the range would be affected. Click cancel for now.

Step 10. Change the background and foreground of your palette to orange (#FF9C01) and with the Preset Shapes Tool type=rectangle, antialias ticked, create as a vector unticked, make a small rectangle in the centre of your image Go back to Hue/Saturation/Lightness... Change the edit mode to 'reds' and move the slider all the way to the right again and you will see that the orange as well as the red changes

Step 11. You can expand or contract the width of the range that your changes will cover by dragging the end pointers further out or inwards. Move the slider back to 0. To change the red without changing the orange, drag the end pointer on the left so that the orange section of the wheel is not included, then move the slider to the right again. This time the red changes, but the orange doesn't. It works the other way too. Click the default button, then change the edit mode back to 'reds'. Drag the right pointer around to include only the orange within the range, now orange will be the only colour affected by moving the slider.

Step 12. Reset and open the edit mode for 'reds' again You can make the range larger by moving the end pointers outwards. Drag the pointer on the left outwards to include yellow. Now move the slider all the way to the right again. This time the yellow as well as the red and orange change colour The other colour ranges work in the same way

Step 13. You can also select a part of the image, then using Hue/Saturation/Lightness will affect just the selection In this screenshot I have selected a rectangle and changed the colours of the selection without altering the rest of the image (I used the 'master' edit mode and moved the slider to minus 84). I clicked ok to put the changes into effect, then de-selected. Try it.

Step 14. The lightness slider does exactly what it sounds like. Move the lightness slider up (or put positive numbers in the box) to make the image lighter, the higher the number the lighter the image becomes). Move it down (negative numbers)to make the image darker. Here I've moved the lightness slider down to minus 50, you can see the difference in the preview window

Step 15. Lowering the saturation level makes the image more grey. The maximum saturation on a coloured image seems to be 0, moving the slider higher (into positive numbers) doesn't make the colour any stronger.

Step 16. Now we will use a white sinedot (or image) NOTE* This section doesn't work for everyone. I am trying to find out why. If I get a solution I will update this part of the tutorial. If you find that your white image will only change to black or grey, drop me an e-mail and as soon as I have an answer I will let you know Close your image and open a new one, you can make it whatever size you like. Go to Effects...Plugins...Sinedots.... this time change the colour to white (If you are using shapes instead of sinedots make a shape in white) Go back to Hue/Saturation/Lightness... Reset and put a tick into the 'colourize' box. The edit modes will be greyed out and the saturation slider now goes from 0 to 100 For the strongest, brightest colour move the saturation slider to 100 and the lightness slider to minus 100. If you look in the preview window you will see the sinedot is now red You can change the colour by moving the hue slider.

Step 17. To colour a black sinedot (or image) use the same method as for a white one, except that the lightness level needs to be 100 instead of minus 100 for the brightest colour.

Here is a simple image that I made using preset shapes in various colours. For the second one I changed all the colours using the methods in this tutorial.

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