Changing color of one object in DPP4?

[stevet1]

Let's say I have two objects in a photo. Both of them are red. Is it possible in DPP4 to change the color of just one of those objects, while leaving the other one unaffected?

Steve Thomas

[wq9nsc]

There is no practical way to do this with DPP, you will need Photoshop or one of the similar editing programs for this type of task.  I subscribe to Adobe creative cloud but I expect there is a free/shareware program that will likely do what you need.

I like DPP and just edited over 1,400 images from a football game using nothing but DPP but it isn't designed for that sort of image characteristics change.

Rodger

[stevet1]

Roger,

Thanks. I appreciate your help.

Steve Thomas

[johnrmoyer]

I suggest gimp free software for this purpose. I save a 16 bit TIFF from DPP and load it into gimp.

[FloridaDrafter]

Hey there, Steve!

I'm not sure this is what you were looking for, but you can change a few characteristics of something you have applied a mask to. It's limited in that you can't "replace colors", but you can change a few things. Click the "Adjust specific areas" menu and see if it will help. You can see from my attachment your options. You can have up to 5 masks. I find this tool very useful at times.

Newton

[stevet1]

Newton,

Thanks. I've used that a couple of times to change the brightness of objects (like overexposed grassy areas), but I don't think you can use it to alter the saturation or hue of the color of specific objects. (I might be wrong about that though).

Steve Thomas

[FloridaDrafter]

Steve,

Hue and Saturation are two of the four options.

Newton

[stevet1]

Newton,

Huh.

I'll take a look at that.

Steve

[FloridaDrafter]

Comparatively, it's not the easiest tool to use as you just have one nib, and it takes some messing with to adjust if you are using a mouse or touchpad. I use a medium Waycom drawing pad, and the pen allows me to be more precise. If I have very complicated edits, I take it into one of my "paid" programs that have better nib, selection methods, and eraser tool to clean up the mask.

If the tool in DPP 4 had an eraser to clean up when you go off the subject, it would be much better, IMO. But I still find it useful on occasion 🙂

Newton