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Difficulties with color replacement tool


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Hey guys I am trying to get the light blue bow to look as the other bows (dark blue) When I use the color replacement tool and sample the color from the dark blue bow and try to paint the light blue bow it just wont work..it color it with light gray instead of dark blue that I sampled. any idea why this is happing? image.jpg
 
Are you working on a mask layer ?

If not you should....mask it, do a quick Hues adjust for any color
 
Yeah, unfortunately the colour replacement tool doesn't quite work like that.

Make a decent selection of the bow and on a new layer, fill the selection with a colour, doesn't matter which, and set the opacity to 0. You can now click the little box on the layer that you have just created while holding down the ctrl key. you will see that it selects the bow, so you can click on a filter, and have it masked automatically.

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What do you have your inkdropper set at? For this small photo and tight area you need to have it set at Point Sample. If it is set to sample a wider range of pixels it is going to average them out to look like that weird color your getting. Watch your selection ring when you are using the eyedropper to see what it is seeing.
The color replacement tool puts in the color you have selected as the foreground, but it only applies color to the first color it encounters until you pick it up and start again. That bow could actually have a lot of different colored pixels for it to use. That is not the best tool in the world either..take Spruce's advice and you'll be good to go.

Some more info about the sampling ring FYI:
Sampling colors in Photoshop isn’t a new concept but there is a great new addition when sampling colors. When you select the eyedropper tool, choose a sample size and then click in the canvas area to sample a color. When you click you will notice a sample ring appear around the cursor. The top half represents the color being sampled and the bottom half represents the existing foreground color. Provides a great visual aid when color matching is critical.



However, I did fix this with the CR Tool
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sprucemagoo1 said:
Yeah, unfortunately the colour replacement tool doesn't quite work like that.

Make a decent selection of the bow and on a new layer, fill the selection with a colour, doesn't matter which, and set the opacity to 0. You can now click the little box on the layer that you have just created while holding down the ctrl key. you will see that it selects the bow, so you can click on a filter, and have it masked automatically.

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  1. “Make a decent selection of the bow and on a new layer” – Got it
  2. “Fill the selection with a colour, doesn't matter which” – how do i fill it up with color?
  3. “set the opacity to 0” – got it
  4. “You can now click the little box on the layer” – what box?
  5. “so you can click on a filter- which filter”
Thank you for all your help
Ps
How can I thank you?
 
In the first picture I posted, you will notice in the bottom right corner, a box with a label that says layer thumbnail.

Brightness/ contrast, and the Hue/saturation filters were used, which are found just above the layers pannel.

You saying thank you is more than enough. We're happy to help people learn Photoshop.
 
im sorry but im not getting it.

I know how to make a selection of the bow only.

i know how to apply Brightness/ contrast, and the Hue/saturation on the bow only.

but im still not getting it :(

if can break it down into steps it would really be so helpful for me
 
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