Thank you! The color is not added to the image directly. I make a new transparent layer over the image, change the blending mode to soft light and use the paint bucket to fill the transparent layer. Depending on the color, it will lighten, darken or add a little bit of color. A good example is if you use a light grey soft light layer, it will brighten the image without extra color and a dark grey soft light layer will darken it. I play and experiment with different colors and mix them up. Sometimes I'll have 3 separate soft light color layers, each in a different color to get the look I want.
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Date: 2012-02-19 05:11 pm (UTC)Thank you! The color is not added to the image directly. I make a new transparent layer over the image, change the blending mode to soft light and use the paint bucket to fill the transparent layer. Depending on the color, it will lighten, darken or add a little bit of color. A good example is if you use a light grey soft light layer, it will brighten the image without extra color and a dark grey soft light layer will darken it. I play and experiment with different colors and mix them up. Sometimes I'll have 3 separate soft light color layers, each in a different color to get the look I want.