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The Color Replacer button is located midway on the Tool Palette |
The heading at the top of the page is an example of changing colors with the Color Replacer in Paint Shop Pro. This is one of the handier features that Paint Shop Pro offers. It is very easy to use and it is also quick.
How often have you wanted to change one color of a graphic without affecting the other colors? How about those customers who are always wanting a different color on a logo or graphic. This is the tool you are looking for.
With the Color Replacer tool you choose two colors, the one you want to replace and the color you want to replace it with. Other colors in the graphic are not affected.
This tool differs from the Flood Fill tool in that it will let you change part of the color in a section to the new color without having to change all of it. It will also usually leave the graphic with cleaner edges. You can change the colors several times with this tool without the edges deteriorating.
In the example above the type was first done in blue and then the blue was changed to black on the bottom half of the type.
| On the color Palette at the right, you can
see that the blue is shown as the background color and the black is the foreground.
With the Color Replacer only the background color with be replaced with the foreground
color. All other colors will remain the same. Be sure to set the color you want replaced as the background color and the new color as the foreground color before you start. |
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| You can toggle the Controls Panel between hidden and visible by hitting
the "O" button. This panel allows you to set the size, shape,
opacity, hardness, density and steps of the replacer brush you will be using. Click on "Tool Control" and you can adjust the paper texture. |
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Now you are ready to try your hand at replacing colors with the Color Replacer:1. Click on the Dropper Tool in the Tool Palette
2. Click the Dropper Tool on the color that you will be replacing. This will change the foreground color on the Color Palette to the color you will be replacing.
3. Now you need to click on the arrows on the Color Pallette
This will exchange background and foreground colors. The background color will now be the color that you want to replace.
4. Now choose the replacement color you will be using. Click once on the foreground color on the Color Palette. This will open a window that says "Select Color From Palette". Click once on the color you wish to use, then click "OK".
Note: If you have a color in the graphic that you wish to use as the replacement color, you can use the Dropper tool again to choose the color the same way you chose the color to be replaced.
5. Click on the Replacer Button in the Tool Palette
6. You will notice that the cursor has now become a paint brush. When you move this paintbrush over the color you wish to replace, the color will change to your new color.
7. If the brush makes too wide of a stroke, type "O" and adjust it in the Controls Panel (as shown above).
If you make a mistake while applying the replacement color, click on "Edit" and "Undo Replacer Brush" and the replacement color will be removed. A note here: Be sure to save your work often. The "Undo" feature will remove all of the replacement coloring you have done since the last Save.
Logo before the color was replaced
After changing the red to blue
You will find many uses for this valuable tool.
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