Simple Image Editting Help

[MrCodeDude]

Link to Image (18KB, in .png format)

Can you guys make all the black stuff on the image navy (#000080)? And if it's not too much, tell me how you did it? I have Photoshop CS and PaintShop Pro 7.0 and I tried Colourizing in PSP, but it didn't work.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Oh yeah, feel free to use my uploader to upload the modified picture. Thanks in advance!

 

[bentwookie]

is it rgb?
http://www.unf.edu/unfinfo/visual-identity/colors.html
use color picker enter the values..and use paint bucket..no?

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Hope I used the right color

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: bentwookie
is it rgb?
http://www.unf.edu/unfinfo/visual-identity/colors.html
use color picker enter the values..and use paint bucket..no?

Didn't work.

And GrandCow, thx

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow
Hope I used the right color

WTF IS THIS CRAP....?

 

[bentwookie]

like this? you have to convert it from grayscale to rgb

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: bentwookie
like this? you have to convert it from grayscale to rgb

Pffft... Mine had more style

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: bentwookie
like this? you have to convert it from grayscale to rgb

Oh snap, how did you do that? In PSP or PS?

 

[Platypus]

Use the manuals that came with the Photoshop CS software that you purchased.

 

[bentwookie]

photoshop is THE ONLY program worth using.period. uninstall all that other crap.
like I said you wanted a rgb 000080 so you need to convert the image from grayscale to rgb,enter your values, then paint bucket it.

 

[sillymofo]

Here you go

EDIT: Actually, you don't have to do much... all you have to do is select all the damn black area (magic wand +shift) and then use the bucket tool (input any color code here) to color the foreground (add layer). Voila... don't work harder... work smarter... fcuk all that convert crap.

 

[slydecix]

my bad.. didn't see you wanted a specific hex color

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Use the manuals that came with the Photoshop CS software that you purchased.

But they are so big and long. ATOT = easier

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Use the manuals that came with the Photoshop CS software that you purchased.

But they are so big and long. ATOT = easier

Actually they aren't.

 

[bentwookie]

Originally posted by: Elitebull
first,

image>mode>rgb color

then,
image>adjust>hue/saturation>colorize checkbox

then lighten it and play around with the sliders

you don't "play with sliders" when he had a specific blue pantone color.

 

[slydecix]

Originally posted by: bentwookie

Originally posted by: Elitebull
first,

image>mode>rgb color

then,
image>adjust>hue/saturation>colorize checkbox

then lighten it and play around with the sliders

you don't "play with sliders" when he had a specific blue pantone color.

my apologies... i missed that when i first read it.

in this case since the original is all-black, all he has to do is create a new layer, set layer blend mode mode to "lighten", then fill with the color that he wants

 

[bentwookie]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
<a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.mrcodedude.com/pix/122003/Sybase_navy.jpg" target=blank>Here you go</A>

EDIT: Actually, you don't have to do much... all you have to do is select all the damn black area (magic wand +shift) and then use the bucket tool (input any color code here) to color the foreground (add layer). Voila... don't work harder... work smarter... fcuk all that convert crap.

work smarter? you do more work selecting all that sh!t when you just had to convert the whole thing once.

 

[MrCodeDude]

How come this one has smoother edges than this one ?

 

[MrCodeDude]

Alright, thanks for all the help all of you. I got my end result, I'll use Photoshop from now on

 

[slydecix]

results using the layer blend method
with the magic wand or fill bucket, you won't get a perfect color conversion... based on the tolerance levels, it'll fill more or less of what's actually there... hence the jaggies

 

[sillymofo]

Oh... probably because I didn't save it as hi res.

 

as elitebull stated, the best way to convert those colors are with the hue slider
use the addition/subtraction method to get the exact color

the magic wand and paint bucket work fine for simple shapes with nice clean edges

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: bentwookie

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
<a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.mrcodedude.com/pix/122003/Sybase_navy.jpg" target=blank>Here you go</A>

EDIT: Actually, you don't have to do much... all you have to do is select all the damn black area (magic wand +shift) and then use the bucket tool (input any color code here) to color the foreground (add layer). Voila... don't work harder... work smarter... fcuk all that convert crap.

work smarter? you do more work selecting all that sh!t when you just had to convert the whole thing once.

Especially because you could just select the white area instead and then invert the selection.

However, selecting it all is not only amatuer, but it misses some (almost microscopic) edges, which is why doing the layer blend is probably the better choice.