How to make a gold color in Photoshop?

Photoshop includes tools that allow you to design images and their individual elements in different colors. Among the demanded in modern design are gold. What are the main features of Photoshop in terms of applying these shades? How to make a gold color in Photoshop?

There are a huge number of options for using the corresponding shades in this graphics editor. But if you study the basic principles of using such capabilities of Photoshop, then you can subsequently successfully use most of the range of "golden" tools of the program.

Let us examine these principles in the context of processing two main multimedia elements that are edited in Photoshop:

  • images;
  • texts.

Let's start with the first point.

How to make gold color for images in Photoshop?

Digital images on most modern computers are built by combining three primary colors: red, green, and blue. Thus, by changing their intensity and position in the structure of the picture, you can "recolor" the image from one color to almost any other. In particular - in gold. Photoshop includes tools to do this.

Consider how you can "repaint" a silver coin - for example, 2 Russian rubles - in gold.

We launch Photoshop - let's agree that it will be the CS6 version, one of the most popular in Russia and in the world, with an English interface. Next, open the file with the image of the coin. You can, for example, download one of those that are available on the website of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation - follow the link. On this page, the image of the 2-ruble coin is probably presented in its most natural form, without any unnecessary inclusions.

It should be noted that the picture from the website of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation is especially convenient for processing because it is presented in GIF format with a transparent background layer. This allows Photoshop - in particular the CS6 version - to easily recognize the actual outline of the coin. When "recoloring", thus, only its image will change - the background will not be corrected.

Immediately, you can proceed to the process of giving the 2-ruble coin gold color. This is done using the Curves tool, which allows you to adjust just the same combination of red, green, blue, and RGB spectrum - in order to adjust the brightness of the image. To open this option, you need to select the Image menu item, then - Adjustments, after - Curves.

To begin with, you can slightly darken the coin by pulling the black RGB curve back a little - something like the screenshot.

After - go to the correction of red, green and blue colors. In order to "recolor" a coin in gold or something close to it, the curves should look something like this:

its optimal adaptation to the specifics of the project.

Any other graphic object can be used instead of a coin. In particular, the text. In order to make it gold, you will need to use some additional effects provided by Photoshop.

How to make a gold color in Photoshop for text?

Let's create a new project in Photoshop and place some text on it. You can make it gray - later we will, one way or another, "recolor" it.

The next necessary step is to rasterize the text. This procedure involves reformatting it from the "alphabetic" format to the graphic one. This will allow you to apply any Photoshop effects to the corresponding element of the picture. Rasterizing text is simple - you need to select the Rectangular Marquee Tool, then right-click on the text and select Rasterize Layer.

An important nuance - after rasterization, the text cannot be corrected. Therefore, before carrying out this procedure, you need to make sure that it is in the final version. Or save a copy of the project in PSD format, in which the text is not rasterized, in order to correct it later if necessary.

Further, it will be useful to give the letters, which have been transformed into an image by means of rasterization, a gradient effect. To do this, right-click on the appropriate layer, then select Blending Options and edit the parameters on the Bevel tab