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I am converting a color portrait to sepia. The first thing I did was erase all but the subject. Then I created a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, clicked the Colorize box, and adjusted the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness sliders to get the sepia tone. Then I went back to the original layer to paint in some modifications. I used the Eyedropper tool to select a sepia shade, but the painted shade ended up different than the selected one.
After much experimenting I discovered that the problem was with the Lightness slider when I created the adjustment layer. If I did not adjust the Lightness (left it to default value 0) I did not have the problem, but if I changed the Lightness when creating the layer, the resulting paint shade was darker or lighter accordingly.
I’m guessing the problem is that the lightness of the 2 layers is different. If this is the case, is there a way to tie the lightness of the layers together so as to avoid the problem?
After much experimenting I discovered that the problem was with the Lightness slider when I created the adjustment layer. If I did not adjust the Lightness (left it to default value 0) I did not have the problem, but if I changed the Lightness when creating the layer, the resulting paint shade was darker or lighter accordingly.
I’m guessing the problem is that the lightness of the 2 layers is different. If this is the case, is there a way to tie the lightness of the layers together so as to avoid the problem?
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