Photoshop: Add a Realistic Rainbow to Your Photograph 2
Comet Rainbow Effect Last week, we looked at creating primary and secondary rainbows in Photoshop, where I covered the basic properties of rainbows and then demonstrated the process of adding a fully contained rainbow to a photograph as shown in the top left image. This time, we'll make a partial close up rainbow for a little more of a dramatic effect...
Photoshop: Add a Realistic Rainbow to Your Photograph 1
Rainbow Colors The rainbow spectrum is commonly known as the Newton mnemonic, Roy G. Biv, which stands for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. In a primary rainbow, which is the type we typically see, the spectrum begins on the outer edge, meaning the outermost ring is red and the innermost ring is violet. If your intention is realism, this is...
Photoshop: Colorize a Black & White Photograph Image
Original photo by Alex Patru. The above colorization took about an hour to complete with very basic Photoshop coloring methods. You can certainly achieve even more interesting results by putting more time into yours. The Mechanical Aspect Of Colorizing While there is no automatic way to achieve a result that matches the quality and detail you see above...