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tlmurray23
tlmurray23
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March 2, 2017
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Getting color replacement tool to do one color; not skip black

  • March 2, 2017
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System is Mac El Capitan and Photoshop CC 2010.0.1

I have a bunch of logos I'm supposed turn every color other than white into a the same color (hex 6a6158). It doesn't matter what the original color is, period. They were a wide range of sizes so I took colored EPSs into Photoshop as smart objects, several at a time, so that I could resize them roughly the same, then export each layer as its own PNG with a transparent background. Fine so far for the colored PNGs.

But turning them 6a6158 is a problem. I tried using the color replacement brush, but the first problem is that the brush won't change black; in other words, it skips white (like I want) but skips black, which I want 6a6158.

The second problem is that the new colors are lighter or darker than 6a6158, my color picker foreground; for example, a yellow becomes a lighter 6a6158 and a dark red is a darker 6a6158. I could take the EPSs into Illustrator and change them there, but there are about 150 and I want to avoid all the additional steps have having to put them again into Photoshop.

My questions are (1) how do I get it to change black, and (2) how do I get the new color change always the very same color?

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    Correct answer davescm

    Sorry, I see the sliders....


    Hi

    In the layers panel Alt-click on the border between those two layers and you will see a small downward arrow appear. That will ensure your transparency shows through.

    To get the sliders - Right Click on the  Color Fill layer and choose blending options. Leave the box that says grey alone, and just move the bottom slider to change from 255 to 254 - this is only to allow the pure White to show through

    Your required colour is set in the Color Fill layer itself

    Dave

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    jasmondr14267567
    Participant
    March 2, 2017

    Thanks!

    davescm
    Community Expert
    davescmCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 2, 2017

    My understanding is you have a layer with multiple colours and you want everything except the White and the transparency to be your new colour

    Try this:

    Add a color fill layer set to your required colour,

    Alt-Click on the border so that it clips to the layer below

    In blending options set "Blend if underlying layer" to 254 as below - that will allow the white to stay white

    Dave

    tlmurray23
    tlmurray23Author
    Inspiring
    March 2, 2017

    Thanks, but my layers palette looks quite different -- no little icons around the rectangles, and of course only one colored rectangle, no white. Now assuming I can get to your next step -- the two sliders -- if I can even get to to them, will I see my special color of 6a6158 in that top pull-down list, where it says Gray?

    tlmurray23
    tlmurray23Author
    Inspiring
    March 2, 2017

    Sorry, I see the sliders....

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