Photoshop Tutorial : Adding emphasis to a photograph with colour

November 9, 2007

In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at how to use the History brush tool to “repaint” some colour into an image. The History tool is an oft neglected but important part of your Photoshop toolkit. It’s easy to use and very versatile. It can restore details, colours or any attribute that appeared at an earlier point in the photo’s history.

One of the most popular ways to use the History Brush tool is covert an image to black and white and then paint back in the original colour in a small part of the image. This is used regularly in wedding photography and can produce a nice artistic effect.

Posted by Jennifer | Filed Under Photoshop Tutorials 

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12 Responses to “Photoshop Tutorial : Adding emphasis to a photograph with colour”

  1. LaurenMarie - Creative Curio on November 9th, 2007 4:50 pm

    Ah! Thank you for explaining a way to use the History Brush! You have a very steady hand! I really liked your article on using the Art History Brush to paint the lily picture to look like a watercolor, too. There are a few tools that I’ve always wondered about and those are the big ones.

    What about doing some tutorials on using filters effectively? Like using it in a way to get an interesting effect on part of an image–not just applying it to a photo and anyone who has used PS can tell which filter you used. An unexpected way to use a filter well, like your lens blur tutorial or using clouds to make lightning. I recently discovered a use for the Spatter filter–to distress masks.

  2. Does Anybody Use The Art History Brush? on November 10th, 2007 3:58 am

    […] is far from useless though. Jennifer Farley from Laughing Lion posted a great, very simple tutorial on using the Art History brush to recolor certain parts of a photograph that you previously turned […]

  3. Jennifer on November 10th, 2007 8:28 am

    Hi Lauren Marie,

    thanks for visting and for your comments. Yes, I will definitely look into doing some interesting filter work. Watch this space!

  4. chemist2dio on November 11th, 2007 11:28 am

    Thanks for this nifty tutorial, you’ve made good use of the art history brush, your technique seems eaiser to do than mine. keep on posting more video tutorials. ^^

  5. Jennifer on November 11th, 2007 12:35 pm

    You’re very welcome, chemist!

  6. Jason D. Moore Photography » Blog Archive » P&P Weekly: #56 on November 12th, 2007 12:26 pm

    […] Jennifer of Laughing Lion Design is back with a tutorial on using the History Brush. […]

  7. haus on November 25th, 2007 2:43 am

    great tutorial.!!!
    THanKS

  8. Jennifer on November 25th, 2007 10:11 am

    Glad you liked it Haus!

  9. HeavyGod on November 27th, 2007 10:58 am

    Really good and really interesting post. I expect (and other readers maybe :)) new useful posts from you!
    Good luck and successes in blogging!

  10. ThemePassion - Best stuff about design! » Photoshop Tutorial : Adding emphasis to a photograph with colour on November 28th, 2007 2:20 pm

    […] Al W wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerptIn this tutorial, we’ll take a look at how to use the History brush tool to “repaint” some colour into an image. The History tool is an oft neglected but important part of your Photoshop toolkit. It’s easy to use and very versatile. … […]

  11. Jennifer on November 28th, 2007 4:34 pm

    Thanks HeavyGod! And, yes there are more short tutorials on the way.

  12. Jennifer Hawkins on December 7th, 2007 4:17 pm

    Hi there…Man i just love your blog, keep the cool posts comin..holy Friday

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