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thewriteway 123456
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November 22, 2019
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Changing background behind handwritten letters to white

  • November 22, 2019
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Hi,

I have handwritten letters with a creamish background that I want to change to a white background and change nothing about the letters.

Attaching image.

How can this be done? 

Thanks,

 

Regards,

Janz.

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Correct answer Mylenium

Since it's a simple b/w image, creating a basic selection/ channel from luminance will do wonders. Image --> Calculations  is your friend. it should literally take half a minute to create a channle, adjust its black and white point and assign the channel as a mask to a layer.

 

Mylenium

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Anonymous
November 22, 2019

Hi

You could try making a selection of the main part of the text and jumping that to a new layer and then adding a Levels adjustment dragging the white slider to the left, not ideal as you may need to do some manual painting.

Maybe somebody else will have an easier option

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thewriteway 123456Author
Inspiring
November 22, 2019

Yes true, a lot of manual touching up required then.. thanks!

Mylenium
MyleniumCorrect answer
Legend
November 22, 2019

Since it's a simple b/w image, creating a basic selection/ channel from luminance will do wonders. Image --> Calculations  is your friend. it should literally take half a minute to create a channle, adjust its black and white point and assign the channel as a mask to a layer.

 

Mylenium

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    thewriteway 123456Author
    Inspiring
    November 22, 2019

    Thanks this worked! And what if there was colour other than black and white? Any suggestions please since I deal with a lot of coloured letters as well. 

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