Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

HAND-TINT a black-and-white photograph
Hand-tinting a photograph using traditional paints
and traditional film photos was very difficult. With
Photoshop, hand-tinting a black-and-white image is
much easier. You can use any black-and-white photo,
also called a grayscale image, and paint over areas
using any colors that you choose.
Hand-tinted photos tend to have very subtle colors.
By painting the colors on separate layers, you can
easily edit the hues and the intensity of the colors.
You can paint directly over areas or you can make
selections of detailed areas if you need to be more
precise. After the entire image is painted, you can
change the opacity of each colored layer as a final
touch.
You can vary the size of the Brush tool as you paint
using the left and right bracket keys. If you are using
a pressure-sensitive stylus and tablet, open the Brush
panel, click Shape Dynamics, and set the Control
drop-down menu to Pen Pressure. The brush size now
varies automatically according to the pressure applied
with the stylus.
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1 Click Image.
2 Click Mode.
3 Click RGB Color.
The color mode changes, but the
image on the screen does not.
4 Click the New Layer button in the
Layers panel.
5 Click Opacity and set the layer
opacity to 30% so you can see
the image as you paint on it.
Note: You can change the opacity
setting as you work on the tinting.
6 Click the blend mode drop-down
menu and select Soft Light.
7 Click the foreground color in the
toolbar.
The Color Picker appears.
8 Click and drag the Color slider to
select a hue.
9 Click in the Color Preview box to
select a color.
0 Click OK to close the dialog box.
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