Fixing Colored Object

[fritzfry]

ver. Elements 3.0

I had been trying to color the below pic using elements and as you can see i just used lots of paintbucket filling. Problem is when I printed it I noticed the lighter brown area of the seal was still printing too dark. So i tried to use paintbucket again to make the brown lighter. But i discovered that either using paintbucket too much or using the smudge tool for the tire marks i had made segments of the seal outline disappear. This causes my new attempts to replace the brown bleed out beyond the outline of the seal. Is there a way I can fix the brown or do i have to start over?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/rx7r241/photoshop/jollyholiday1b.jpg

[ljameso1]

You could try using the lasso tool to trace the outline and where it should be and then changing the color. In future do each step on it's own layer so can go back in time easier.

[hotstuff]

Hi,

As ljameso1 said, select the area pop it on it's own layer. Ctrl C, Ctrl V. then play with it, Hue/Sat and lighten it, try different blending modes if they are availiable in PSE3. That way you are only effecting the one area.

Hope you don't mind had a quick play took 5 mins in total.

1st hue/sat, 2nd painted with lighter brown, 3rd blending mode changed.

[fritzfry]

i got it fixed, thanks for the great replies!