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Color Overlay Not Working

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September 5, 2017
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Hi everyone,

I have followed the steps for adding an overlay color to my layer and none of the colors are working. Here are my steps:

Select Layer > Fx > Color Overlay > Choose color e79d46 > Ok

I get no color change at all - just a white page. I have even tried opening a new document and immediately trying to add a color overlay and it still isn't working. Any suggestions?

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Correct answer davescm

Hi Dave,

Here is what I got when following your above instructions - something is not right here. Is this something I have to do each time I open a new template?

Hi

When you use Shift -F5 you should get a dialogue on how to fill. Choose a solid colour (e.g. foreground color) not Content Aware

Dave

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Beauteous_Diamond5D90

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when I clicked shift and F5 nothing happened.

I want to change the colour but I can't and I don't understand why I go to colour overlay and try to change the colour but the colour remains the same grey what should I do I have a photoshop cc

jane-e

Community Expert

Hi FarFetched,

Shift+F5 is the shortcut for Edit > Fill. Try it from the menu, and if that doesn't work, please give us screenshots as shown earlier in this thread.

~ Jane

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AC 2020

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Hi Dave, I have a problem with trying to do a drop shadow of an elephant. I have copied the layer then went to FX to select a color overlay which I want black, however it blacks the entire screen and not just the elephant. What am I missing?

jane-e

Community Expert

Hi AC,

Did you make a selection of the elephant first? Without a selection, the entire layer will get the color. An alternate method is to paint the shadow in with a soft brush on the underneath layer. Can you show screen shots of your layers and image so we can better advise?

Jane

emmanuela19068638

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The same problem is happening to me and I have made sure that all my setting are correct

jane-e

Community Expert

"The same problem is happening to me"

Hi Emmanuela,

Several slightly different problems have been asked in the thread. Can you clarify your issue and show screen shots?

~ Jane

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darlenea73325202

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Hi Everyone, I'm am trying to add an overlay to a photo in Photoshop, but it turns into mosaic pixels once I transfer it in to PS. Here is a snapshot of what I mean. Can anyone provide guidance or tips on how to fix this? The overlay is in my downloads as bokeh stars.

davescm

Community Expert

Hi

It looks like you are trying to embed a png file. There is a bug affecting that process on the Mac that Adobe developers have acknowledged.

In the meantime, as a temporary measure, go to Preferences > Plug Ins and uncheck "Allow extensions to Connect to the Internet" and "Load Extension Panels". That should get you working.

Dave

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darlenea73325202

New Participant

Thank you! That worked! It didn't work when I unchecked both but it did when I only unchecked 'Allow extensions to Connect to the Internet'. Really appreciate your help!

davescm

Community Expert

Can you show a screenshot of your layers panel (with the layer you are adding the color overlay to selected) and your layer style color overlay settings (as below)