"Mike Russell" <groupsRE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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.
Many thanks to Mike and all who answered. This is a great group!
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