PSP has several
tools for changing the colour of part of an image.
You can select an
area and simply apply a change in Hue and Saturation, found under the Adjust
drop down list.
Also, the following
can be found in your tools palette:
Color Replacer brush
Found in early
versions of PSP grouped with eye dropper
In later versions it
is grouped with other adjustment brushes:
The toolbar:
To use the tool:
Select the colour
you wish to replace in the background materials palette and your replacement
material [color, gradient or pattern/with/without texture ] as the foreground
material.
Even if the area is
fairly uniformly coloured you will need to adjust the tolerance to get good
coverage.
The pixels will be
replaced by a "flat" fill ..with no consideration for shading.
There is also the
option to change all of the similar pixels in the image...where it acts more as
a fill rather than brush.
It is a useful tool
for images with limited tonal qualities and for some special effects.
Remember that you
can use any of your brushes!
It is the sort of
tool that I tend to use after I duplicate my image ..and great to produce
grungy effects.
Change to target ...also a brush
In older versions of
PSP grouped with some adjustment brushes:
In later versions
they are all lumped together:
Toolbar
This is a "clever" brush with the ability to
cover any area selected with your brush with any material selected in your
foreground materials, whilst maintaining the tonal qualities underneath.
VERY useful brush.
Try using the
various modes for different options. Use
left click for foreground materials and
right click for background.
Color Changer
New in later
versions PSP X1 onwards
Color Changer is not
a brush but a fill option. It works in a similar fashion to the color replacer
but a bit better than the color replacer
for large areas. ..and I think gives a better result.
There are only a
couple of settings and an apply button to click.
This tool will only
work with the colour palette but you can change the color as many times as you
wish before applying the effect ...simply by altering the colour in the
foreground palette!
You can also change
the tolerance and edge-softness on the fly.
Here are a couple of
links which are worth reading:
From Graphics soft http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/paintshoppro/ss/colorchanger.htm#showall
From book
by Ken McMahon
From Corel
..This uses a selection
It is worth
experimenting with all of these tools :) You will find some better for some
jobs than others or maybe a combination will work better for you.
It is always worth
working with a duplicate of your original !!! ...or even a duplicate layer.
Judy
