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Colour replacement results look grey

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  • 22-12-2010 12:26pm
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    Cianos
    Registered Users Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭


    Hey,
    When I want to use the colour replacement tool to change a colour from one to another, the resulting colour is always washed out and grey looking. Am I missing something that allows the replacement colour to be the exact same as the colour I want it to be?

    Many thanks


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Cianos wrote: »
    Hey,
    When I want to use the colour replacement tool to change a colour from one to another, the resulting colour is always washed out and grey looking. Am I missing something that allows the replacement colour to be the exact same as the colour I want it to be?

    Many thanks

    What "colour replacement tool" ? What package are you using ?


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    Cianos
    Registered Users Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Cianos


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    What "colour replacement tool" ? What package are you using ?

    Oh yeah, forgot to include that! I'm using Photoshop CS5. It's when you go Image > Adjustments > Replace Colour.


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Zoom in on the area to be replaced and see if it's an actual solid colour; it's probably not, as in if you take a pic of a "white" wall the lighting and shadows will result in multiple variations of grey.

    If so, you need to select the area and then use the Gradient Map function to preserve the lighting and shadows.


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    Cianos
    Registered Users Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Cianos


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Zoom in on the area to be replaced and see if it's an actual solid colour; it's probably not, as in if you take a pic of a "white" wall the lighting and shadows will result in multiple variations of grey.

    If so, you need to select the area and then use the Gradient Map function to preserve the lighting and shadows.

    Thanks v.much for the help. But I think this may be getting in to a level of expertise with photoshop that I probably won't be able to get! I had a mess about with it but don't quite understand what I'm doing. I'll do some more research when I get the chance.

    Thanks again


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