I am doing some mockups for a customer paint job like so
[img]http://www.abrusa.com/go/junk/colorsampss1.jpg[/img][img]http://stormvisions.com/junk/before-after-sample-1.jpg[/img]
basically I just broke the elements into layers and can adjust the colors via the Image Adjust / Color Balance. This works fine for lighter colors but I have some images that have darker colors - wooden slat roof and trim- and they want to see that painted the same tan as the walls.
Adjusting this with Color Balance doesn’t work well. I tried lightening, adjusting the shadows and so on, then coloring it via a layer with the target color and blend modes but can’t get the color and can’t get it light enough without blowing the details.
I was thinking of some workarounds involving creating a mask, then using this with layer effects to 'stamp' the detail back into a simple color layer, but because this is work and it is due right away, I figured I'd ask some pros ran than run off on an experiment that might or might now work.
The other related issue is there any way to target the Color Balance to a particular color other than writing down the settings? For example the upper wall, lower wall and fence may all be the same tan paint. Can I use the eye dropper to select a color and adjust those layers color balance to that? Otherwise I am just writing down all the changes I make in Color Balance and then entering them each time for shadow Midtone and Highlight as the values in those boxes are reset to zero after every apply.
I am using CS3 here at work.
Any help will be very much appreciated.