1. I found this image @ flickr under a creative commons license. (it’s safe for photo shopping without infringing on copy write) http://www.flickr.com/photos/pnnl/3629742620
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2. Using the polygonal lasso tool, I selected the first fish to alter.
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3. Then dragged this fish layer to a new canvas.
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4. I adjusted the brightness and contrast to get more color out of the fish.
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5. Using free transform, I adjusted the fish to make it more horizontal.
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6. Then I duplicated the fish layer 5 times.
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7. Using polygonal lasso tool, I selected sections of the fish to change to a color of the rainbow.
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8. Using the color adjustment, I matched each tone to the correct color.
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9. After changing all layers, I merged the visible layers to move back into one single mobile layer.
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10. I repeated steps 2 through 9 on another fish in the source image.
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11. Once again merging the visible layers to make one single colored fish.
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12. Deciding to use the same original source image for the background, I dragged the fish back into place to the original position over the original, same as the other.
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13. For the final steps, I adjusted the opacity to 75% for a little bit better blend with the original source. Finally cropped to focus more on the colored fish.
Final result
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