Changing the background?

freebird wrote in post #3485621
are you working in the layers pallete? Is the eye icon on that layer so you can view it?

No. How do I view it? I don't see it in the layers menu. I must seem a complete idot!

jackprks wrote in post #3485854
I must seem a complete idot!

Only if you are not looking at my example, which is 4 posts up from here.

I looked at your example. I found the palette on the menu bar under Windows of all places. I am now trying to figure out what to do with it. I will check the help for that. I know that this is not a forum to teach CS2, but I appreciate all of your help!

thanx

I use a blue background in my pet photography. I am able to change the colour of the background in PS using Hue/Saturation. I edit the Blues only. As pets don't usually have any blue in them, the changes only effect the background colour. If the dog was wearing a blue collar, I would use the history brush to return the collar to its original colour. Alternatively, I would do the Hue/Saturation adjustment on an adjustment layer and then erase unwanted changes from the layer.

Here's an example. The lower left hand image is the original colour of the background.

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pigasus wrote in post #3485996
I edit the Blues only. As pets don't usually have any blue in them, the changes only effect the background colour. If the dog was wearing a blue collar, I would use the history brush to return the collar to its original colour.

That is very interesting, I shall play with this method, thanks.

Some links to selecting & layer Masks in here:
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