Photoshop has an easy way to audition colors in your quilts. It probably one of the easiest things to learn in the program. You can change the hue and saturation of an entire image or change colors individually. You can also “colorize”, making your image monochromatic. I chose this sample block for its variety of colors. I was interested to see how they would react as a group.
Here is the original which I posted recently. It’s a sample for my Zigzag Pizzazz class.
Satin Stitch Beads
Here is the hue and saturation change.
Hue and Saturation Changes
I liked many of the monochromatic versions achieved through the Colorize slider.
Satin Stitch Beads–Pink
Satin Stitch Beads–Red
Next I tried the photo of a poppy my friend Jeri gave me. Here’s the original.
Poppy Original
Next I changed the Hue and Saturation. I liked the change of the poppy to orange. As you can see the background flowers change, as well. Everything white stays the same.
Hue and saturation change
As much as I liked many colorized versions of my satin stitch block, I really didn’t care for the colorized transformations of the photo. I finally settled on this one in teal. This shows me how much you have to play with these PSE tools and that one tool doesn’t necessarily work well for everything. So what a great way to audition colors before starting a quilt.
Colorized poppy
