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01/23/2007 11:19:47 AM · #1 |
This is a question I've come across a number of times and I'm hoping someone knows how to do it...
Replace color (PS) works great for actual colors, but I often want to replace a greyscale "color" like black with an actual color (I'm sure there's terminology for an actual color, but hopefully you know what I mean). Replace color only gives me hue/saturation/lightness, which allows me to turn black to grey, but not black to red.
Does anyone know of a way to turn a greyscale into an actual color? |
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01/23/2007 11:30:59 AM · #2 |
Are you looking to alter the color of the entire photo or just one specific gray shade within it?
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01/23/2007 11:31:48 AM · #3 |
Are you talking about selective desaturation? For this you start with a colour image.
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01/23/2007 11:37:17 AM · #4 |
Yes, I'm looking to alter just one grey shade... exactly like replace color, but the color I'm trying to replace is grey or black.
(not selective desat) |
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01/23/2007 11:46:30 AM · #5 |
Since everything in grayscale all in the same color range, the only thing I can think of is to hand-select the area you want to change, then airbrush or some tool along those lines. Maybe Select -> Color Range -> Highlights or Shadows if it's really high contrast.
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01/23/2007 11:48:51 AM · #6 |
| Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. I've had some luck with the color replace brush tool, but it's not as exact. |
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01/23/2007 12:20:02 PM · #7 |
A lot depends if the object you want to change is the only object of that shade in the image.
A possible workaround (in Photoshop) would be to make the image a true grayscale, then a duotone. In duotone mode you can probably change the black area to the second color. Then convert that back to RGB and try your standard replace color technique. |
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