Photoshop Tutorial: Multi Colored Image

We are going to start with an image that mainly has only one color (black and white do not count). Here's the image I choosed:



We're now going to make a black border around the image. Right click on the layer and choose duplicate layer. You will now get a new layer that's selected. Press CTRL+T for transform, in the top of the screen, you can edit the percent of the width and height of the image. Change both of them to 99% and then doubleclick on the image to accept.

Make a new layer by pressing the new layer button in the layer window:


Press 'D' to reset the colors to BLACK-WHITE, then press ALT+BACKSPACE to fill the whole layer with black color. CTRL+CLICK on the 'transformed layer' you made. (If you use Photoshop CS2, you have to CTRL+Click in the little preview image in the layers-window)

Press DEL on the keyboard to delete the black color where the transformed layer were. You should now have a border that looks like this:



We are now going to make some black lines in the middle of the image so we get 'boxes' for the different colors. Click on the 'Rectangular Marquee Tool' (Hotkey: M). And make a selection from top to button that has about the same width as the border. It should look something like this:


Press ALT+BACKSPACE to fill the selection with black color, press CTRL+D to deselect.

You should name make select the new 'box' you've made, use the 'Rectangular Marquee Tool' for this too. (if doesen't matter if you select the black border too) When you've selected it, it should look like this:


Click once on the 'transformed layer' (should be the second from the top on the layer window). Press CTRL+U to get the 'Hue/Saturation' window up. Change the Hue to change color in the selected area. In my example, I choosed Hue: +40.

Press CTRL+D do deselect the selection.

We're now done with the image and here's my result:



If you want, you can make one more black lines and change the color on many places in the image. And you should know how to to that now


I made one more color and here's the result:



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Hehe, nice one Razz! I did this once as well, long ago, before I even knew this tutorial or any tutorial like it. Worked out pretty fine, maybe I can find the image again.

Might be worth mentioning that 'colorize' should be marked in the Hue/Saturation window in order to change the color. In case a beginner reads this tutorial.

That's not needed to be done, just if it's a greyscale image.

Nice tut, though it's hard to find/take pictures that only have like two colours... :/

Make it a greyscale image then. Should remove some unnecesary colors That way you should be safer when adding different color parts as well I guess.

Let me write a tutorial about how to make a photo into a black/color image then =)

Razz, do you really need a tutorial for that?

I know how to: Ctrl + Shift + U?

Im not talking greyscale, I'm talking about black and a color. I will try to post a tutorial like that tomorrow and you'll see what I mean.

Oh, okay, sorry, I meant no harm, seriously, I never meant to be rude! Oh please, don't hurt me!

Hehe mesko, no worries. Look on the image I used for this tutorial, that's how it should look when I'm done with the tutorial.

I know, I'm just joking. ._.

Making an image black and white is very simple. Just make another layer over you image. Set the blending mode to 'Color', then fill it with black.

That way you get a black and white image. and yet if you remove that layer set on color you have your colors back.