Right-click the layer you created when you duplicated the background, which now contains the re-coloured version of your object, and select New Mask Layer>Show All. We are going to use a Layer Mask to hide the areas that have been coloured by accident. In my image these are the areas underneath the leaf that are coloured by its reflection on the rock, and the discoloured area under the rock in the top right. Step 5 Once you have the colour covering just the areas you want changing as far as possible (there will undoubtedly be some remaining errors that need rectifying) you can start to correct any problematic areas.
#PAINT SHOP PRO 5 CHANGE COLORS PSP#
If your colour does not look as you expected, you can experiment with it on the fly as long as you keep the Colour Changer tool selected.Īll you have to do is select a new colour on the Materials Pallet and PSP will display it instantly for your consideration, saving you a lot of unnecessary clicking. Step 4 Once you have replaced the colour and set the tolerance so that for the most part the replacement is accurate you can start to fine-tune your colour. The Edge Softness setting is pretty self-explanatory increase the value and the edge of the affected areas will be softened more, and vice versa. You need to get this slider so that the entire object is altered, whilst the surrounding areas are left unaffected as much as possible. This means that only colours almost identical to the one we originally clicked on will be changed. On the left of the screenshot the tolerance is set to 125 and as such all the colours have been replaced, while on the right we have a tolerance of 1.
We need to find the balancing point where the minimum of excess is replaced, but maintaining the best coverage. This value works in pretty much the same way as it does in tools like the Magic Wand selection tool a high value means the colour will overlay almost anything regardless of colour, and a low value means a lot of colours will remain unchanged. Step 3 Now we’ll have a quick play with the Tolerance bar so we get a good understanding of what it controls. As you can see, there is a high probability that the default settings will have you changing the colours of areas you do not want replacing such as the leaf’s shadows.
There are only two, but the Tolerance in particular is very important. Now we want to get an understanding of the tool’s options. Select a colour that you think you want to use for your foreground colour in the Materials pallet, and then click the colour you want to replace in your image. Step 2 In the Tool panel select the Colour Changer tool, which is grouped with the Bucket Fill tool here. We are not going to edit the original background layer in any way this process is fully reversible and can be used to try out many different colours and effects. Rename it to ‘Coloured’ or something similar, this step is very useful for undoing mistakes, and in this task it also has other advantages that will become apparent later. Step 1 Duplicate the background layer by right-clicking it in the Layers pane and selecting ‘Duplicate’. This is a perfect task for the Colour Changer tool. Here we have a leaf that’s a mustardy yellow colour, what we want is to make the image a bit more interesting, and instead of this ochre leaf we want one that leaps out at people and makes the image catch your eye.
#PAINT SHOP PRO 5 CHANGE COLORS HOW TO#
This is a particularly useful tool for creative tasks, so it’s always best to know about it and how to use it effectively. To access the colorize tool go to Adjust > Hue & Saturation > Colorize, and adjust the hue and saturation accordingly.Paint Shop Pro X2 has a powerful tool dedicated to replacing a colour and its variants within any given image. However, if you want to use more unnatural colors such as Blue, Purple, Green, and Bright Red, I would suggest substituting the curves tool for the colorize tool in this step. Note: The curves method is great for natural colored hair, you can easily turn dark hair to blond hair, or blond hair to dark hair. To darken the selection you will pull the point slightly to the bottom right. To do this, simply place a point on the in the middle of the curve by left clicking, and slowly drag the curve towards the top left to make the selection lighter. We will adjust only the RGB channel on the curves histogram. For this tutorial, we will keep it simple. You can adjust RGB values combined, or individually using the channel drop down box. The curves tool essentially allows you to remap brightness values uniformly by placing a point on a curve, and adjusting it accordingly. Next, with the “ promoted selection” layer selected, go to Brightness & Contrast > Curves.