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How to change color of canvas?

Explorer ,
Dec 21, 2010 Dec 21, 2010

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I made sure the background color swatch in the lower left of the tool box was set to blue.  Then I went to Image>Resize>Canvas Size> and changed the sizes.  Then I set the Color Extension to the background color blue, and the little box to the right of this showed the blue I wanted.

Then I clicked OK.

The sizes changed properly, but the color won't change colors at all.  It stays an ugly putty brown, no matter that I have tried every single way in that color extension box pull-down menu.

Any help will be much appreciated.

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Community Expert ,
Dec 21, 2010 Dec 21, 2010

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Try this:

  • Set the background color (lower left) to blue
  • Go to File>new>blank file. Enter width & height in inches for the desired document, resolution 240-300px/in for printing, background contents: background color.
  • OK

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Dec 21, 2010 Dec 21, 2010

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Thanks, but this is not working either.  I suspect it works only for jpg files but not for gif files.  K.

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It can be changed in the lower right 2nd icon.

 

 

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LEGEND ,
Dec 21, 2010 Dec 21, 2010

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For your existing file, you can try using something like the paintbucket to fill it with the color, or making a hue/saturation adjustment after selecting the brown canvas with the magic wand.

I'd try deleting preferences to see if you can keep it from happening again: quit the editor then restart it while holding down ctrl+alt+shift (command+option+shift on a mac) and keep those keys down till you see a window asking if you want to delete the settings file. You do.

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Explorer ,
Dec 21, 2010 Dec 21, 2010

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I tried this method too, and it did not work.   I will try Preferences.

In the meantime I have discovered that only jpg files will let me color the canvas but gif files won't.

K.

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LEGEND ,
Dec 21, 2010 Dec 21, 2010

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To change GIF files (or any kind of file, for that matter) you must be in RGB mode. Go to Image>Mode>RGB. That's why you aren't getting what you chose.

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Dec 21, 2010 Dec 21, 2010

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Bravo!   That did the trick!  Thanks so much, and have happy holidays.

Karen

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LEGEND ,
Dec 21, 2010 Dec 21, 2010

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You, too! Glad you got it sorted out.

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I did the Settings part you suggested, and it still won't work.  It still comes out brown only.  K. 

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