Rainbow effect in Lightroom

April 17th, 2013
Can anyone help? I really want to make this smoke shot rainbow-coloured...I have Lightroom but don't really know where to start.





This is the kind of thing I'm aiming for: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljtwa3igR01qj4gduo1_500.jpg

Can you help?!

Thank you in advance!
April 17th, 2013
Hi there you can add colour using the adjustment brush.
April 17th, 2013
@smevvy In Photoshop elements i create this effect with the gradient tool....not sure if you have this in Lightroom though

this is my attempt

April 17th, 2013
@stanners72 that's a stunning shot!

How did you get the effect of the different colours? I've just found the graduated filter in lightroom but i don't know how to apply lots of different colours...
April 17th, 2013
@stanners72 I agree - I think Photoshop or Elements is a better bet for this effect. I'm not saying it's impossible in Lightroom but I'd have to think about how to do it
April 17th, 2013
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-lightroom-4/hslcolorbw-adjustments/

Lightroom lets your influence existing colors but not to add color. You can use another program to paint in color like photoshop elements or another online editing program to do that. I don't know off hand what other programs will let you paint. Maybe someone can point you in the right direction.
April 17th, 2013
@smevvy On PSE when you select the gradient tool you have various colour combinations which you can select. I have never used Lightroom to be honest so could not say how/if you can do it sorry
April 17th, 2013
Lightroom can not perform this effect sorry need to have photoshop or elements
April 18th, 2013
you can do it in Gimp too





you just create a new layer over the image use the gradient tool on that layer and set the layer to multiply then use the eraser tool on the overlaid image to erase the colour on the bits you don't want coloured :D
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