Tutorial: AKVIS Coloriage

Color correction

The example has been made by S.I Serikov in Adobe Photoshop.

When making color correction the closest attention is usually paid to the skin tone. For example, the girl on the photo has red hair and gray eyes, while in reality she is blond and blue-eyed. We will correct it using the AKVIS Coloriage plug-in.

On the left is the original portrait, on the right is the corrected photo.

Do as follows:

• Step 1. Open the original portrait in your photo editing software.
• Step 2. Call the AKVIS Coloriage plug-in.
• Step 3. Let's draw an outline inside the eyes to get rid of the "red eyes" effect. First outline the eyes with the Keep-Color Pencil (arrow 1). Then use the Pencil tool to draw an outline within the eyes with the chosen color (arrow 2). To keep the black of the pupil we put points inside it with a grey color using the Pencil tool (arrow 3).
  
  Note: We advise you to save the strokes in a file so that you could load them later and change the color of the eyes without spending time on drawing strokes. For this purpose press the button .
  
• Step 4. Start the colorization process by pressing the button and have a look at the result. If the color of the eyes does not satisfy you, you can go to the Before tab and choose a better color (use the Tube tool to change the color). You can select a bright color if you like, it depends on the result you want to get.
  

  You can use AKVIS Coloriage to get rid of the "red eyes" effect. On the left is an image with the red eyes effect, in the middle and on the right are the corrected photos.

  
• Step 5. Now we will correct the color of the hair. First, we outline the hair with the Keep-Color Pencil (arrow 1). Then we use the Pencil tool to draw a closed outline with the chosen color within the hair (arrow 2). If you want to have a smooth color transition, you should draw the line far from the "keep-color" outline (arrow 3), if you want a sharper color transition you should draw the line close to the "keep-color" outline (arrow 4). Fill in the empty areas of the "keep-color" outline (arrow 5). Outline the crown on the head of the girl with the Keep-Color Pencil and draw lines on the hair with the Pencil (arrow 6).
  
• Step 6. Start the colorization process by pressing the button .

  You can change the color of the hair if you want. You can select a color for hair from the special palette Color Library - Peoples - Hairs. Those who have seen a fairy say that they have green, blue or violet hair - see the examples below.

  
• Step 7. Apply the result that you liked to your photo by pressing the button .