SuzanneCWalker
01-24-2007, 11:40 AM
Someone asked how to change the color of the overlay... I work in PS CS, so I can describe the process for this program. Would someone who uses DIP and PSP pretty please chime in with a description of what you do to change the color of an overlay? :) Thanks soooooo much!!!
You can also see a description of how to change the color (using a wordart as an example, but the principle is the same) in our tutorial section: http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/university/tutorials/ps_wordart_color_change.shtml
Okay. That said, there are probably thousands of different ways you can change the colors of your transparent elements. I usually work with the color overlay in the Layer Styles (the little "f" looking thing in the layers palette). Hit that little "f" thing, and it brings up a bunch of options. Select the "color overlay" option and it then brings up a dialog box. When you click on the square with the red color, it lets you choose any color you'd like to work with. I usually dropper from a spot in my photo to get a color that will coordinate with the photos I'm working with. You can play around with the layer blending modes, you can usually maintain any of the texture in the element (if it has texture). I'll attach a couple screenshots to kind of give you a pictorial idea of what I'm talking about. And if someone else has a different method, I would love to hear it, too!!! :) Let me know if that's not helpful or clear - I tend to do things by trial and error and sometimes just push buttons until I say, "Oh! That's kind of cool!"... Half the time I can't remember how I've done whatever I just did... :)
You can also see a description of how to change the color (using a wordart as an example, but the principle is the same) in our tutorial section: http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/university/tutorials/ps_wordart_color_change.shtml
Okay. That said, there are probably thousands of different ways you can change the colors of your transparent elements. I usually work with the color overlay in the Layer Styles (the little "f" looking thing in the layers palette). Hit that little "f" thing, and it brings up a bunch of options. Select the "color overlay" option and it then brings up a dialog box. When you click on the square with the red color, it lets you choose any color you'd like to work with. I usually dropper from a spot in my photo to get a color that will coordinate with the photos I'm working with. You can play around with the layer blending modes, you can usually maintain any of the texture in the element (if it has texture). I'll attach a couple screenshots to kind of give you a pictorial idea of what I'm talking about. And if someone else has a different method, I would love to hear it, too!!! :) Let me know if that's not helpful or clear - I tend to do things by trial and error and sometimes just push buttons until I say, "Oh! That's kind of cool!"... Half the time I can't remember how I've done whatever I just did... :)