Replacing colour - replace colour tool wont work

trudgy · 26th of April 2009 (Sun)

hey everyone, another question here.

I have the below photo, and the owner wants the sign entrenous done in black.

I've tried using the colour replacement tool in cs4, but too much of the background it's on and lights etc. are the also changing, or not enough of the sign is changing if i really narrow it down.

any quick way do make it black lettering?

thanks for the input.

Damo77 · 26th of April 2009 (Sun)

No, there's no quick way, I'm afraid.

I did one of these recently - I found it was easier to get the company's black logo from their website, and manipulate it into place over the top of the other one.

dalto · 26th of April 2009 (Sun)

You could try doing a selection first and then applying the replace color to just the selection.

PhotosGuy · 27th of April 2009 (Mon)

Quote:

You could try doing a selection first and then applying the replace color to just the selection.

That would work:
Selecting areas in PS.

Damo77 · 27th of April 2009 (Mon)

Yes, it would work, but it would be as tedious as hell to get right.

Trust an old cheat on this one ... find a new logo and just whack it in.

Jon, The Elder · 28th of April 2009 (Tue)

Copy the little one on the window (better contrast with the BG). Blow it up, sharpen and reverse color,then drop it in place.

lecherro · 30th of April 2009 (Thu)

Steal the white version of the logo from the websit, located on the door, and reverse it and place it on a cleaned background. Takes 10 min.

Damo77 · 30th of April 2009 (Thu)

^ See? I told you so.

Desertraptor · 30th of April 2009 (Thu)

Dam it you beat me to it

trudgy · 1st of May 2009 (Fri)

damn that's good!!! exactly what I need.... i'll try and figure it out, i'm afraid my skills doing that type of stuff may not be that good though....i will certainly try though!

trudgy · 1st of May 2009 (Fri)

I just can't seem to get the edges nice and straight and flat... the selection is all squibbly edged and FAT... tried different options in the select>modify just not getting it down

trudgy · 4th of May 2009 (Mon)

thanks for the help everyone. I got the client to send me the logo that is on the homepage, once i had that, it was much easier to cut it out and change the colour.

cheers,

Damo77 · 4th of May 2009 (Mon)

Cool, mate. Glad it worked out.

Nathan · 4th of May 2009 (Mon)

these sort of things take a bit of work to look realistic. it's easy to do it on a smaller web image, but for print it's almost not guaranteed to look right.

what's this for?

trudgy · 5th of May 2009 (Tue)

very small photo on there website.

26th of April 2009 (Sun)	#2
Damo77 Goldmember Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 4,055 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Replacing colour - replace colour tool wont work No, there's no quick way, I'm afraid. I did one of these recently - I found it was easier to get the company's black logo from their website, and manipulate it into place over the top of the other one. __________________ Damien Trying to build a Brisbane retouching, restoration and canvas printing business in the face of a global financial crisis Check out my Photoshop portfolio, tutorials and articles, and my blog: The Info Palette

26th of April 2009 (Sun)	#3
dalto Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 561 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Replacing colour - replace colour tool wont work You could try doing a selection first and then applying the replace color to just the selection.

27th of April 2009 (Mon)	#5
Damo77 Goldmember Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 4,055 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Replacing colour - replace colour tool wont work Yes, it would work, but it would be as tedious as hell to get right. Trust an old cheat on this one ... find a new logo and just whack it in. __________________ Damien Trying to build a Brisbane retouching, restoration and canvas printing business in the face of a global financial crisis Check out my Photoshop portfolio, tutorials and articles, and my blog: The Info Palette

28th of April 2009 (Tue)	#6
Jon, The Elder teaching fish to ride a bicycle Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Warren, Michigan Posts: 2,487	Re: Replacing colour - replace colour tool wont work Copy the little one on the window (better contrast with the BG). Blow it up, sharpen and reverse color,then drop it in place. __________________ A 40D, a 30D, some nice glass and a great Shooting Partner. "...As in music, so in life."

30th of April 2009 (Thu)	#7
lecherro Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Garland, Texas (Outside Dallas) Posts: 735 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Replacing colour - replace colour tool wont work Steal the white version of the logo from the websit, located on the door, and reverse it and place it on a cleaned background. Takes 10 min. __________________ First step........ Take the lens cap off.

30th of April 2009 (Thu)	#9
Desertraptor Cream of the Crop Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 10,781 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Replacing colour - replace colour tool wont work Dam it you beat me to it __________________ Peter Canon 60D\|40D\|10-22mm f2.8\|50mm f 1.8\|100mm f2.8 Macro 24-70mm f2.8L\|70-200mm f4L\|100-400mm f4.5-5.6L \|430EX II

1st of May 2009 (Fri)	#10
trudgy Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London (Canada) Posts: 99 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Replacing colour - replace colour tool wont work damn that's good!!! exactly what I need.... i'll try and figure it out, i'm afraid my skills doing that type of stuff may not be that good though....i will certainly try though! __________________ Canon 7D gripped - Canon 10-22mm 3.5/4.5- Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L - Metz’s Mecablitz 58 AF-1 - Canon 580EX II - Presslite Vertex - Qbox 24

4th of May 2009 (Mon)	#12
trudgy Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London (Canada) Posts: 99 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Replacing colour - replace colour tool wont work thanks for the help everyone. I got the client to send me the logo that is on the homepage, once i had that, it was much easier to cut it out and change the colour. cheers, __________________ Canon 7D gripped - Canon 10-22mm 3.5/4.5- Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L - Metz’s Mecablitz 58 AF-1 - Canon 580EX II - Presslite Vertex - Qbox 24

4th of May 2009 (Mon)	#14
Nathan Goldmember Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston Posts: 4,639 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Replacing colour - replace colour tool wont work these sort of things take a bit of work to look realistic. it's easy to do it on a smaller web image, but for print it's almost not guaranteed to look right. what's this for? __________________ nathantpham.com \| My Flickr \| Boston POTN Flickr 5D3 \| 7D \| 16-35 II \| Σ 50 \| 70-200 IS 2.8 For Sale Click Here \| 430 EX \| 580 EX II

5th of May 2009 (Tue)	#15
trudgy Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London (Canada) Posts: 99 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Replacing colour - replace colour tool wont work very small photo on there website. __________________ Canon 7D gripped - Canon 10-22mm 3.5/4.5- Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L - Metz’s Mecablitz 58 AF-1 - Canon 580EX II - Presslite Vertex - Qbox 24

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