got a question . . .

[Cable]

Sorry if this has been discussed before but I have a question about jersey textures (it has to do with Photoshop). Most of the textures that you can find are in a single-layer format, so how do you go about changing the colours or adding trim? I've tried it, but all I could come up with is adjusting the Hue/Saturation and Colour Balance to change the colour, and changing the layer to overlay or multiply for the trim. How do you guys do this? or for those who don't do jerseys, how would you do this?

[End Boss]

give me an example (the image of a jersey you want to alter) and how you want it altered then I'll alter it and show you how I altered it

[Joe']

There are 3 modes to change jersey's color in each and every version of Photoshop:

1- You add a solid color layer above the Background (Jersey texture) and set it as Overlay.

2- Layer>New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance

3> Layer>New Adjustment Layer> Hue & Saturation

And man, thanks for the link on your sig I didn't see it before

EDIT: In Photoshop Elements 2 there a colorizer button that will change the color quickly and will give you the shining effect my jerseys have

[Colin]

This may help, when I do jersey switches on players I colourize the whole thing to the main colour I want. Then using the pen tool select the curves of the trim. Then I do a few other things that make it less bland, but that's for me to know. And the best way to get a good colour from on overlaying layer is to use, surprise, the blend mode 'color'.

[Cable]

Da King23 Thanks for the tips, although I don't really like the effect of overlay, it seems too bright, but multiply looks good. That link is funny, isn't it?

End Boss Here's one of SAG's textures. Make it a dark blue with tripe orange stripes on the jersey sides under the armpits, and a double red stripe for the shorts trim around the bottom, nothing too fancy.

[End Boss]

kk.. gotta goto uni so I'll do it later

one thing I will say is that my goal when doing anything that I'm going do more than once is to create portability. One PSD file that within a few clicks I can create an new and immediately useful end product. So I'll take you through that later..

[Cable]

Thanks, I'm in no rush.

[Joe']

Yes it's really funny , especially this post:

Find a tub, soak yourself in icy cold water, then drop a toaster into the tub. You'll know for sure which will happen first.

Now on topic, as Colin said you could use the blending mode "Color" if you don't like the "Overlay"

[Colin]

I tried it already. I tried using teh setting color, but I realized after that starting with a white background color wouldn't do anythign worthwhile. It would just make blue shadows. Anyways, I filled a layer with blue, then selected the areas I needed to with the marquee and filled them with orange and red. Then I merged all the layers (blue on bottom, red and orange on top <--Essential) and set it to multiply. Trims can be tougher so just use that pen tool trick and select the right parts.



This is about 45 seconds of work. And yes I will be trying a little patching next year. People have asked me this.