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Back in Lesson 2, you learned how to colourise your (black and white) pop-art image, your Layers Palette should therefore resemble the following.
Note
Ensure the Top (The colourised) Layer is active.
And your image will already be colourised. 
Undo Note
You can step backwards at any time by clicking the top menu’s Undo Tool.
Tip
Centralise your photograph by snapping it to the top menu’s orange horizontal line.
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I will now demonstrate how to change the colours from red, flesh and green, to any colour you choose. Therefore, from the Toolbar, activate the Magic Wand Tool.
And set the following Add to Selection attributes into the Options Bar: ensuring Contiguous is unticked.
Now, (working on the Top Layer), left-click once over the red background. This isolates all red pixels with a Selection Marquee - as illustrated below.
2/ Add An Adjustment Layer
Then from the foot of the Layers Palette: left-click the tiny black arrow that is positioned to the right of following Create a new fill or adjustment layer tab.
 
From the subsequent drop-down list (above), click Hue/Saturation.
Then from the Hue/Saturation dialogue box or the Adjustments Palette (depending on your Elements’ version you will see either an Adjustments Panel or a Hue/Saturation dialogue box). Now, keeping the Colourise box unmarked: reposition the Saturation and Hue sliders until you find an alternative colour you like the look of.
Click OK in the Hue/Saturation dialogue box.
Change The Selected Colour Without Using An Adjustment Layer
Alternatively, from the top menu, choose Enhance then choose Adjust Colour then choose Hue/Saturation. (Ctrl then U).
Note
If you can no longer see the Selection Marquee, you can retrieve it, by, from the top
menu, choosing Select then Load Selection.
Tip
If you prefer, double-left-click over the Hue/Saturation Layer’s name, and rename it something like Background.
Tip
After applying a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer; clicking the following Adjustment Layer Thumbnail brings up the Hue/Saturation dialogue box, and the colour can be changed, should you wish.
Tip
As long as you save your layered image as a PSD File; you can change the Hue/Saturation Adjustment’s colour at a later date.
Tip
To redisplay the Layers Palette, double-left-click the following Layers tab, below-left. Then elongate the Layers Palette by left-clicking and dragging its top horizontal bar upwards - illustrated below-right.
 
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After you have changed the red Background colour: if you can stiil see it, remove the Selection Marquee - Select then Deselect - or Ctrl then D.
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Now, (with the Magic Wand Tool), left-click to surround just the Skin Tones with a Selection Marquee - as illustrated below.
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Then create a new Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer - as demonstrated in Chapter 2: then change the Skin Tone colour by adjusting the Hue/Saturation slider: - exactly as described back in Chapter 2.
Tip
If you prefer, Rename the Layer Skin.
 
(If you can see it, remember to remove the Selection Marquee Ctrl then D).
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Now, with the Magic Wand Tool, left-click over the Dress to isolate just the Dress with a Selection Marquee - as illustrated below.
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Then create a new Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer: and change the Dress’s colour. Now, Rename the Layer Dress: exactly as explained back in Chapter 2.
 
(If you can see it, remember to remove the Selection Marquee Ctrl then D).
Tip
Now is a good time to preserve your layered image as a PSD File. By doing so, you can go back and change the pop-art colours at any time in the future by double-left-clicking over each Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer.
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When you are completely happy with your pop-art colours, from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image.
 
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Congratulations, your pop-art conversion is complete and is ready to save. If you would like to create a four-image grid then proceed to my Pop Art lesson 4.
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