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This tutorial demonstrates how to change colour using the Selective Colour command. To work along, download my image Here. Unzip the file and open it onto Photoshop’s workspace.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open your image onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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Then click the Create a new fill or adjustment icon, and choose Selective Colour from the drop-down list.
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In the subsequent Selective Colour command box, click a dot into Absolute; change Colours to Yellows, and move the sliders, as illustrated below - then click OK. By setting Colours to Yellows, you are effecting just the yellow tones of your image; although the leaves are green, the dominant tones are not greens, but yellows.
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Now, Duplicate the Selective Colour 1 layer by dragging it over the following Create a new layer icon. This intensifies the effect.
 
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Then Ctrl-click to highlight both Select Colour layers; and right-click and choose Create Clipping Mask from the drop-down list. Now, click the top Selective Colour layer, this makes it the only highlighted layer.
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Then press your keyboard’s D key to set the default Black and White - Foreground and Background swatches; your Foreground colour will now be Black.
(Pressing the X key swaps their colours).
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Activate the Brush Tool. 
And with a Soft, Round Basic Brush, (and working on the top Selective Colour layer), apply your brush over the tree trunk, to remove its copper hue.
Continue to remove the copper hue from the tree trunk and smaller branches, reducing the brush size by tapping your keyboard’s bracket keys, (with capitals off). You will find this easier if you zoom into your image; additionally, reducing the brushes Opacity, may prove helpful.
 
After you have completed this, you are ready for the next step.
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When you are happy with the result, click the Create a new layer icon at the foot of the layers palette, and a new (transparent) layer will be created at the top of the Layers stack.
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Set the Foreground colour to mid grey. Lesson.
Then press Alt and Backspace to fill your new layer with Grey, and change its Blend Mode to Overlay. All grey pixels will now be transparent. Note: Placing the flare on a separate layer lets you reposition it, later.
 
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From the top menu, choose Filter then choose Render then choose Lens Flare. In the subsequent dialogue box, choose a flare, with an intensity of your choice, then click
OK. I set the following attributes. Tip: Grab the flare’s thumbnail, and drag it to another area, if you wish.
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Finally, with the Move Tool, reposition the flare where you prefer, then from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image, then save your work.
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