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Old 12-02-2007, 04:09 PM   #1
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changing the color of an element

hello! I'm working on my first real layout in PSE and I'm stuck

i want to change the color of beads on a beaded paper clip. I can't figure out how to do that thing where you can select an entire area of the same color and then change it. I remember it in a tutorial with a flower, but I can't get back to it.

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Old 12-02-2007, 05:02 PM   #2
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click on campus, the tutorials and there are some for recoloring. hth!
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Old 12-02-2007, 05:07 PM   #3
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thanks for the quick reply. I tried searching "recolor" and "recoloring" and didn't get anything helpful
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Old 12-02-2007, 05:15 PM   #4
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it's under scrapping techniques. there are quite a few on color...
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com...tml#techniques
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Old 12-02-2007, 11:54 PM   #5
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I don't know about pse, but in ps7...

First I always jot some notes about the color I'm changing from and the color I'm changing to. Specifically, you will need to note the H S and B numbers of each color. You find that information by using the eyedropper tool to make the foreground and background colors the old and new colors. Now click on the foreground color and you will see the H S & B numbers. Note the numbers for both colors and compute the difference. If the old color is 106, 32, 56 and the new color is 219, 59, 57, the way to get from the 1st color to the 2nd is +113, +27, +1. I note this on a notepad or somewhere so that I can refer back to it.

Next use the magic wand to click on the color. If you select too much / too little, you lower / raise your tolerance number, deselect, and click the color again. If there are different areas of color to recolor that are not touching then you will need to have the box contiguous not checked. If you check contiguous, then the magic wand will only select the color in the particular place that you click.

Now that you have the HSB numbers, the difference computed, and your area selected you are ready to click Image (alt-I), Adjustment (A), and Replace Color (R). The fuzziness slider is the last thing that I adjust. In the preview box (make sure preview is checked), the white is what will be changed and the black will not be affected. The higher the fuzziness, the more other colors will be affected by the color change.

I type the HSB numbers in the boxes (the B number goes in the Lightness box). Then I play around with it until it looks like I want. I adjust the fuzziness, and then click OK.

Anyways, that's how I do it in ps7.

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Old 12-03-2007, 12:20 AM   #6
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I use PSE 5.0 and how I change the color of an element or BG paper is by selecting the item and then hitting CTRL + U (menu choices are: Enhance -- Adjust Color -- Adjust Hue/Saturation) and it brings up the Hue/Saturation box. I then use the slider buttons to adjust the hue, maybe adjust the saturation a bit if needed. Sometimes you just have to play around with it a bit till you find what looks right. HTH!
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Old 12-03-2007, 02:23 AM   #7
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When using the Hue/Saturation box you can get a different result by clicking the colorize button as well.

You can also use Hue/Saturation on a selection, so you can select the bead and just change the color of that.
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