Make the model look like gold

Open the material image as shown in Figure 2.127. Select the Pen tool and set its tool options bar as shown in Figure 2.128.

Figure 2.127

Figure 2.128 Pen tool option bar

Use the pen tool to draw a path as shown in Figure 2.129 along the edge of the character’s body.
Select the Subtract from Path Area command button on the option bar of the Pen Tool, and draw a path as shown in Figure 2.130 between the character’s right hand and waist, and between the thumb and index finger of the right hand.
Switch to the “Path” palette, double-click the current “Working Path”, and click the “OK” command button in the pop-up dialog box to save it as “Path 1”. Create a new path to get “Path 2”, use the Pen tool and set its tool options bar according to step 1 of this example.

Use the pen tool to draw a path as shown in Figure 2.131 along the edge of the character’s clothes. Click an empty area in the Paths palette to hide the current path lines, then continue below.

Figure 2.129 Drawing a path

Figure 2.130 Drawing path

Figure 2.131 Drawing a path

Switch to the “Channels” palette, click the thumbnails of the three channels of “Red”, “Green” and “Blue” respectively, and select Select a channel that compares well with the edge of the hair and other images. Here I chose the channel “red”.

Copy the channel “Red” to get the “Red Copy”, press the Ctrl I key to perform the “Invert” operation, press the Ctrl L key to apply the “Level” command, and set the pop-up dialog box as shown in Figure 2.132 display, and then press the “OK” button to get the effect shown in Figure 2.133.
Set the foreground color to black, select the brush tool and set the appropriate brush size, and paint in areas other than the hair until you get the effect shown in Figure 2.134.

Figure 2.132 “Color Level” command dialog box

Figure 2.133 The effect after applying “Color Level”

Figure 2.134 The effect after smearing

Switch to the “Layer” palette, Click on the “Background” layer to activate it. Switch to the “Path” palette, press Ctrl key and click “Path 1” to convert it into a selection, then press Ctrl Alt key to click “Path 2” to get the selection after subtracting the two, as shown in Figure 2.135 .

Switch to the “Channel” palette, press Ctrl Alt and click the channel “Red Copy” to get the selection after subtracting the two, as shown in Figure 2.136.
Click the Create a new fill or adjustment layer command button, select the “Hue/Saturation” command in the pop-up menu, set the “Saturation” value to -100% in the pop-up dialog box, and click The “OK” command button exits the dialog box, and the effect shown in Figure 2.137 is obtained.

Figure 2.135 Selection effect after subtraction

Figure 2.137 The effect after applying “Hue/Saturation”

Press Ctrl key and click the mask of the adjustment layer “Hue/Saturation 1” to bring up For its stored selection, click the Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer command button, select the “Curves” command in the pop-up menu, and set the pop-up dialog box as shown in Figure 2.138, and then press the “OK” button to get the following figure: The effect shown in 2.139.

Figure 2.138 “Curve” command dialog box

Figure 2.139 The effect after applying the “Curve” command

Observing the image, we can see that the edge of the image we adjusted has been separated from the character and its background, as follows Let’s solve this problem.
Click the mask of the adjustment layer “Hue/Saturation 1” to bring up its stored selection, and create a new layer above all layers to get “Layer 1”. ”.
Set the foreground color to black, select the brush tool and set the appropriate brush size, and paint on the edge of the selection until you get an effect similar to that shown in Figure 2.140. Press the Ctrl D key to cancel the selection. Figure 2.141 shows the state when only “Layer 1” is displayed.

Figure 2.140 The effect after smearing

Figure 2.141 The state when only “Layer 1” is displayed

Press the Ctrl key and click the adjustment layer “Hue/Saturation 1” “mask to call up its stored selection, click the Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer command button, select the “Color Balance” command in the pop-up menu, and set the pop-up dialog box as shown in Figure 2.142 and Figure 2.143 , and then press the “OK” button to get the effect as shown in Figure 2.144. The “Layer” palette at this time is as shown in Figure 2.145.