Can I use the recolour tool for this look?

[ryan.fitzgerald]

Hi everyone! My studio does not have a red background or any blue lighting gels. I was wondering if i can shoot the model in black and white then use the recolour tool to get the desired look?

Thank you for your time :)

[NotMyFault]

Yes, that is simple to achieve.

there are many ways to assign certain colors to certain regions of an image, using masks to define the area and rectangle shapes with e.g. blend mode color to define the color.

Be aware that the lightness of pixels will impact the colors. You can use curves adjustment to adjust brightness to fully achieve the desired color / lightness.

 

[thomaso]

1 hour ago, ryan.fitzgerald said:

shoot the model in black and white

With what advantage? With a colour shot you can preserve subtle colour information that would be lost in a black & white shot, such as reflections. When editing, you have more flexibility, such as selecting/replacing certain colour ranges or converting to black & white.

 

[PaulEC]

4 hours ago, ryan.fitzgerald said:

My studio does not have a red background or any blue lighting gels.

You could buy a few gels (blue for the model and red to light a white background), but I don't think this is how this effect was done. I think it's a normally lit photo with a blue background. You can then get an effect very close to this by using an HSL adjustment in AFPhoto. (Invert Hue)

 

[NotMyFault]

The image has been colored fully in post (Photoshop) to create the teal / orange look. See scope panel, no traces of any natural colors from Camera sensor. on the skin even white from eyes and red/magenta from lips is brutally recolored.
 

It gets it strong effect by swapping the skin with background color.

I’m convinced no color gels where used during capture.

 

 

here HSL adjusted 180 degree