Change Colour

[trevsy]

I have several pieces of artwork which are all in original black.  I was shown how to change the colour by a close friend but he has sadly passed away.

I vaguely remember it's done with the layers, where one of them is the new colour desired.

Would someone please tell me how to do this.

Many thanks.

[hatstead]

I don’t have a clue what you are converting. If you desire meaningful input you should provide more information.

Sent from my iPad

[trevsy]

I’m trying to convert the Black on White artwork (as sent in earlier post) into a colour using Photoshop Elements. I can get as far as the end, with the three layers, and the centre layer with the colour on it, the top one being the original B&W artwork and a lower one.

It’s the final part where I need to do the actual conversion, with the colour over the border instead of over the white background. It’s finding the ‘Blend’ function etc. I need to know where it is.

[Mark_Sand]

I think you are mixing the two entirely different methods.

The first is hatstead's (msg #19).

The other is mine (msg #24).

The only reference to "Blend" is in mine.

Have you tried my method?

FYI, the Blend Mode is the pull-down list in the Layers Palette. The default is Normal.

In my example I changed it to Screen.

[Mark_Sand]

I had previously posted another method, but when I look today the post has mysteriously disappeared.

Here it is again:

Add a Solid Color Fill layer and choose your color.

Set the layer's Blend Mode to Screen.

To change to a different color double-click the thumbnail in the Layers Palette to bring up the Color Picker.

Note that if the background is not pure white (RGB 255,255,255) it will also change color.