PS: Select Color Range

[Toiny]

PS: Select Color Range

	..	Ever buy a CU product and wish it was another color? Did you try moving the Hue/Saturation sliders? Did you try moving the Color Balance sliders? And still it’s just not the new color? At least not evenly. I’ve got another trick you can try.
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I’m going to start with a CU bloom. Perfectly lovely bloom. But too pink for my tastes. I’d love a gorgeous blue.		So I try: ImageàAdjustmentàHue/Saturation and move my sliders back-n-forth. I get lots of pretty colors, but not the nice, solid, even blue I want:
After trying: ImageàAdjustmentàColor/Balance and even: ImageàAdjustmentàVariations. I get frustrated. Time to try something new! I like the yellow center. I’m a big fan of yellow of blue together. All I want to replace is the too bright, too pink, pink. I go to: SelectàColor Range		Use the eye dropper to select the color you want to replace. You can change the amount of color variation selected by sliding the Fuzziness slider from 0-to-200. Once you have everything desired selected click OK. Create a New Layer above your CU item (in my case, my flower). Fill the selected area with the new color (I picked a soft periwinkle blue) using your Paint Bucket Tool. Change the Layer Blend Mode to Color:
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Note: You may need to SelectàColor Range more than once to get all the bits & pieces selected. I create a New Layer (and set the Color Blend Mode to Color) for each newly selected Color Range. I also use the Clipping Mask feature in the Layer Palette to prevent any stray pixels or colors from appearing:

[kimberkatt]

umm...this is awesome!! Thanks Toiny! I've been playing with the "replace color" and getting frustrated, this seems way more simple!!!

[tmm.hall]

Great Tutorial!
This will defentily come in handy!
TY!

[logicgrandma]

I do that with my PIE and have been doing it for a while. Now if only I can learn to use my PSP XI I will be able to do that there, too.

So happy to learn others do it, too, but sad that I'm not the first to be so creative.

[*Dee*]

Thanks for the tip!!

[egreene555]

I'll have to try this out. Recoloring always gets me down. LOL

[Mitsybelle]

Great tutorial Toiny

[Cath_]

Thank you, I love learning

[ND0131]

thanks, it even works well with PSPx.....

[Toiny]

That is good to know! Smooches,

Toiny

Originally Posted by ND0131

thanks, it even works well with PSPx.....

[AmandaF]

thanks for this i will try it!