BoltBait Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 OK, so I'm old. I know. And, I have some gray in my beard. My wife saw a picture of me that she really likes and wanted to know if I could color the gray in my beard to be a natural dark brown. I tried everything I could think of, but in the end I just couldn't get it to look natural. I'll post up a source picture later, if necessary. (I don't have it with me.) So, other than turning back the clock or "Just for Men", any idea on how I can fix this? Thanks! Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. (Conviction Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 did you try using curves? Quote ~97% of teens won't stand up for Anything. Put this on your sig if you're one of the 3% who've fallen down trying. Oh, and there's 3 types of people in this world... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helio Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 I'm up for giving it a try! Quote v An excellent open–source strategy game—highly recommended. "I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 did you try using curves? Of course! I tried Curves+. But, most of the time I try to use it I just get totally lost. What I need though, are some SPECIFIC steps/settings. I also tried Conditional Hue/Saturation. Ugh. It did a great job changing my wife's socks from red to blue. But, I couldn't get it to do anything to my beard except turn it neon green. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wither Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Hmm...I haven't got any grey haired pictures to try it with, but gradient mapping with a darkish brown in the middle may be able to take care of it. It's how I gave my avatar/signature picture it's rusted overtone. So maybe it'll work for that? (Granted, my hair's already brown... but it made it more brown. ) Quote YouTube | Myspace | deviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 BoltBait, can you post the image (even if it's just a part of the section you need adjusted)? EDIT: Existing tutorials for coloring/re-coloring images (I'm sure they'd help with your gray hair dilemma...) viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2309 viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5176 Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBlackLamb Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 New Layer set to Multiply & then colour the relevant parts brown? Quote dA Son, someday you will make a girl happy for a short period of time. Then she'll leave you & be with men that are ten times better than you can imagine. These men are called musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salu Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 hmm try color filler where you want it :? Quote Deviant Art page of cookies I = She Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 New Layer set to Multiply & then colour the relevant parts brown? Getting there. But, unless I spend a ton of time with the selection it still looks fake. BoltBait, can you post the image (even if it's just a part of the section you need adjusted)? http://boltbait.googlepages.com/ChainSaw.jpg (Dial-up alert: 2MB file) Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephan Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 I may have something: http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6109/boltbaitgd7.jpg Want the .pdn? I know it's bloody potato... It looks kinda fake... EDIT: Now less fake... A little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 I'm going to have to stop, I'm beginning to see BoltBait-beard when I close my eyes. There is a reason for why your beard isn't as dark as you'd want it to be, two actually, the first being I had misread your request then later realised during the process you had quite dark hair yet a brown beard... The second reason is that the sun is beating down onto your face, so your hair is going to look lighter anyway; see the left side of you head-hair (your right side)? Anyway, a new set of eyes are needed on this for I'm starting to feel I'm veering off the beaten track, plus, I don't know what your beard looks like in light, so that may be better told by your good self. Scaled down picture (full size in ZIP)... http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa217/bitwierd/ChainSawHeadPNG.png The full size picture and .pdn zip is taking its sweet-time to upload, so this post will be updated when it decides to finish. There are areas I am unhappy with, such as under the chin and the chin itself, but like I said, a new pair of eyes and hands are needed. EDIT: ah-ha, fully uploaded, and now the Forum is working again, one ZIP with the full size image and the .pdn: http://www.mediafire.com/?fdns4mlgluz As it's MediaFire, get it whilst it's still there. Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olli Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Maybe color tint?i use it for turning B&W into color for my furs... Quote wear our signature and earn 50 studiocredits. pm me your username if you want to participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 New Layer set to Multiply & then colour the relevant parts brown? Using this technique, this is what I get: Actually, what I did was this: Create a new layer On this layer, color in brown all the areas that I wanted to darken my beard. Feather (Shrink method) the brown area. This softens the effect near the edges to make it more natural. Add Noise (no color saturation). Direction blur in the direction of the beard hair. Change the layer to Multiply and set the opacity for desired effect. All in all, cheaper than a bottle of hair dye. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephan Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 That's what i had, without the noise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 On a separate layer, I just drew over the areas that needed to be darker with the paintbrush in black. Then I blurred it a little bit (under 10 px) and set the layer's blending mode to "Reflect". I repeated this process on the areas that still looked too light. Then I flattened everything (including the original) and pasted it on a new layer over a copy of the original, lowering the opacity just a bit to keep it realistic... Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 excellent job got to try this on some of my pictures save me a $70, dye job every few months. well done. Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 On a separate layer, I just drew over the areas that needed to be darker with the paintbrush in black. Then I blurred it a little bit (under 10 px) and set the layer's blending mode to "Reflect". I repeated this process on the areas that still looked too light. Then I flattened everything (including the original) and pasted it on a new layer over a copy of the original, lowering the opacity just a bit to keep it realistic... Nice job bb00! That's the most realistic one on the thread. I'll give that one a try. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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