recoloring help needed

[tuneskids]

ok, I am trying to remember how to recolor an element (I need three different colors of a bow, and there are only two in the kit I am using, and no, I don't want to use another element. lol)

How do I recolor again? hehe The Hue/Saturation slider isn't quite giving me the shade I want. I remember someone (can't remember who) showing how to do it with the Replace Color option, but I can't remember!!

Help? lol

[Winter Ivy]

I don't know what program you are using. But I am using an old version of photoshop and this is how I do it.

Desaturate the bow
create a new empty layer above it.
CTRL+Click on the bow layer in the layer palette
Make sure the blank layer is still toggled
Fill the selection with the color you want from the paint bucket
And then change the layer blend mode to "color"
Merge the two layers.

I know it's probably simpler in PSCS and PSE, but I do not know about PSP or GIMP. HTH!

-Diana

[BrattyMeg]

yeah You can do it Diana's way...

or go to Image-Adjustments-Replace color-choose the color you want replaced, then on the bottom use the slider or color picker to choose a color you want then play with it.

[tuneskids]

thanks ladies. Kristin just told me how to do it the same way as Diana did. lol I swear, that flu knocked out some brain cells. lol

and I use PS7, cause I am too cheap to upgrade