My newbie help thread...

Hey guys, I'm new into this program. Now I will post all my stupid newbie questions in this thread instead of flooding the forum with ramblings...

First question:

I want to adjust the color of a selected area using precise R-G-B # values instead of % values. How do I do this? I don't see an option for this in the Image-Adjustments subtree.

Second:

I want to have a selected area in an image 'fade' away, almost like melting downwards. What do I do to get this effect?

Thanks for any help.

First question:

I want to adjust the color of a selected area using precise R-G-B # values instead of % values. How do I do this? I don't see an option for this in the Image-Adjustments subtree.

If you want a precise color, I supose that you want to use the fill command. "Adjusting" is when e.g. you want a photo to be in red-colors. I mean that most of the pixels of the photo are red, but they are all a different red so you can still see the photo: when they would all be the same (precise) red, you would just have a red plane (which happens when you fill). If it is fill you want to use: you can pick your color at the left bottom and the use the fill-bucket or "edit-->fill... foreground".

Second:

I want to have a selected area in an image 'fade' away, almost like melting downwards. What do I do to get this effect?

Ii think you will have to use gradients (you can ask when you don't manage to use them). And this thread might be usefull too: http://www.teamphotoshop.com/forum/vbforum/showthread.php?t=24525


Doody

[QUOTE=Doody]If you want a precise color, I supose that you want to use the fill command. "Adjusting" is when e.g. you want a photo to be in red-colors. I mean that most of the pixels of the photo are red, but they are all a different red so you can still see the photo: when they would all be the same (precise) red, you would just have a red plane (which happens when you fill). If it is fill you want to use: you can pick your color at the left bottom and the use the fill-bucket or "edit-->fill... foreground".[/QUOTE]

Thanks for your help. I'm not sure if it's the fill command either, perhaps you can help me some more.
I have an image with a lot of details, and the overall theme of the image is blue. Now, I want to change it into a red theme while maintaining all the details...
An example (not the image I am talking about)


Here, I want to select the center graphic and manipulate the colors so that the blue would turn into red while keeping the light reflection.


[QUOTE=Doody]Ii think you will have to use gradients (you can ask when you don't manage to use them). And this thread might be usefull too: http://www.teamphotoshop.com/forum/vbforum/showthread.php?t=24525
Doody[/QUOTE]

Ahhh, embarrassing. Well, I am not managing to use them. I have tried new fill layers, gradient tool et al, but they just produce a solid color instead of melting away the picture. What I ideally want is that it slowly dissolves/fades downwards into black.
Thanks again.

For the first question: Try (with selection active) to hit Ctrl+U and fiddle around with that.
2nd: You need to make a gradient in a layer mask, there are many tutorials that explain this.