Why is some of my selection blue?

[BrendaC]

I used the paint a selection tool for the first time, yeah. Anyway some of my selection is blue where it should be white. Any thoughts? Should I just clone over those areas or can I paint them? I tried the painting and it wasn't working for me. It's a pretty tight selection, a facemask on a football helmet, but the some of the white is blue. Thought I'd post it. I don't know if you can see it or not but it's around the facemask. I may not use this image anyway, after all that, but I'd still like to know how to fix it. Thanks
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1EY2mAmBf3TXpucKBX8PzixdSmAAiD_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1EY2mAmBf3TXpucKBX8PzixdSmAAiD)

[Cmcburnett]

I tried removing the blue around the faceplate on the helmet and the shirt. I used the selection brush and selected the helmet and then put the selection on its own layer and then went to Enhance, lighten. I may have lightened it too much. i did the same thing w/the shirt. I'm sure there are hundreds of ways to remove but this way is the easiet for me. You could also use an adjustment level.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1HcczcStEnYowUpnS7Rys7GoMW3coO0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1HcczcStEnYowUpnS7Rys7GoMW3coO0)

[Andrei Doubrovski]

Hi Brenda,
- Pull down "Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation"
- Boldly decrease Saturation (approx to "-90"). Yes, this desaturates the whole image.
- Press [Ctrl+I] to invert the adjustment layer mask color. This completely hides the desaturation effect
- Activate the Brush Tool
- Select white foreground color
- Paint over shirt, socks, and other white areas to desaturate them

http://simplephotoshop.com/px/answers/hues.gif

[BrendaC]

Thanks so much. I will try these tonite!

[Cmcburnett]

Brenda, good luck, you did an awesome job on the picture.

[Wendy]

Hi Brenda ...

Try this :

Create a new layer above the imge Layer>New>Layer
Change its blend mode to colour
Select white as your foreground colour and then paint over the area ...

That should work just fine :)

Wendy

[BrendaC]

Charlotte: Thanks, I liked using that tool. I liked your go at it. Looks better than mine.

Andrei: Thanks, your illustration and directions helped me alot.

Wendy: I don't know what I was doing wrong but I couldn't get it.:confused: I'm sure I was doing something stupid. thanks for trying to help.

[Cmcburnett]

Brenda, good luck. The picture you are editing is a great picture. Lots of football lovers here in the forum that will love to see your photos.;)

[Wendy]

Hi Brenda ...

Did you change the blend mode of the new blank layer to Colour ?

Then paint over the area with white :)

Wendy

[BrendaC]

Wendy,
I will try yours again. Haven't been on the forum too much lately.:( My time is split between, football, field hockey and buying and fixing up a new house. Yeah!