On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:33:29 +0100, Zimmy wrote:
> "Mike Russell" <groupsRE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:1lj8id4yhaxm9$.dlg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Fri, 9 May 2008 12:47:18 +0100, Zimmy wrote:
>>
>> ...
>>> I have a logo as a CMYK image, it has just the one color but with
>>> antialiasing. I want to change it all to another specific CMYK color.
>>> Replace Color only gives me a Hue slider etc, whereas I just want to
>>> type in the new color values.
>> ...
>>> How do I do it?
>>
>> As Dave mentions, the color space can make a difference. Save the
>> original
>> somewhere safe, convert your image to RGB. Then add a solid color
>> adjustment layer, type in the new CMYK values, and set the mode of the
>> layer to color. Flatten the image, and convert back to CMYK.
>
> Not sure if this is what you meant but I was able to do it using
> LayerStyle/Color Overlay and then clicking on the Color chooser which
lets
> me type the new color in. I didn't have to convert it to RGB. The layer
> display now shows the Color Overlay effect, is this OK or could it cause
me
> future problems?
Layer Style works very well indeed. It has the advantage of working with
a
transparent layer, and may be less dependent on the color space.
> Also if I flatten the image the background becomes solid white, whereas
I
> think it was transparent before (the grey and white squares pattern)?
Flatten makes everything opaque. Use Merge down, or merge visible to
retain transparency.
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Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com
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