How to turn white background to the red

[santoro80]

I photographed some gassware in front of white background and I want to change the white background to a different color (in Photoshop). Is there a way how to do it without using masks? The glass is transparent. I tried curves and color balance, but it doesnt work on such light tones as a white background.

[Wolfman]

Seeing the image would help.

[santoro80]

Its just a glass on a white background:
http://images.google.com/search?tbm=...ite+background

[edbayani]

Something like this?

[santoro80]

I dont know, this doesnt seem natural to me. Did you use masking?

[grossmisconduct]

Hi! There are many ways to skin a cat in Photoshop, but one quick way to do this is to use the "Blend If:" command.

1: Place Your red layer under your white glass layer.
2: Double click your glass layer thumbnail, and the the layer styles menu will appear. There in your center bottom you have your "Blend If:" sliders.
3: Before moving the white slider to the left: split it. This is done by alt-clicking it. This gives you smother transition.
4: Now you can move the white sliders to get your wanted look.

To get it even more natural I think you need to play with your lighting and shading and reflections, but that is a totaly different science that someone else might help you with

[chillin]

+one more option

[santoro80]

chillin: I like your result. How did you do it?