Help Again!! Change Green Pond to Pleasing Blue

[W3Images]

Littlecoo,

How did you get such a good selection using the quick mask tool?

Thanks,

Wendy

[ahmetturker]

Awork.

The life is beautiful.

1. Colour range.
2.Hue / Saturation.
3. Match colour.
4. curves
5.Levels. ...and more regulate.

[Littlecoo]

I painted it on with a fine, hard black brush (and lotsa swearing) to the fiddly areas around the leaves and the rest with a larger brush size. Then cleaned up my lines with a white brush (erases). I really didn't worry to much about precision at this stage, I just wanted to get a selection for the curves mask.

[LonK]

I'd almost have to agree that the green water does look the most natural in spite of being somewhat ugly. Nonetheless, I went with bluer water and included a hint of clouds in the reflection. Beyond that, concentrating on putting more emphasis on the subject herself was more rewarding.

[Cassidy]

Created a copy of the water and then used hsl adjustment to the water area. Chose a more subtle greeny blue. Levels adjustment also

[philbach]

Wendy I created the mask by using the Selective Color Range in Photoshop. Then I touched up some using quick mask and a brush. To make the mask did not take more than about two minutes.