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Greyscale to color photoshop question ...

WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787
edited December 1969 in The Commons

Someone here helped me figure this out over a year ago and I have since forgotten how the problem was solved ... I am hoping someone here can help me again :D

I have a bunch of greyscale png files of blood splatters that I need to change to color, but can't remember how.

Any help?

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  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    edited December 1969

    Photoshop > Hue/Saturation, tick "Colorize" and fiddle? The GIMP should have an equivalent somewhere.

    Or, add a layer above the splatter, fill it with the desired color, and set the blend mode to Color.

  • WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787
    edited December 1969

    I think I'm doing it wrong.

    I'm using PS CS5.5 :D

  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    edited July 2013

    Image Adjustments>Hue/Saturation, tick "Colorize," move the Saturation slider up so it doesn't stay grayscale, and play with the Hue slider.

    EDIT: Make sure Image>Mode has RGB Color checked, not Grayscale.

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  • WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787
    edited July 2013

    Still not working.

    Mode is RGB and the h/s sliders do nothing:

    greyscale-color_test_1.jpg
    1920 x 1080 - 277K
    Post edited by WillowRaven on
  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513
    edited December 1969

    There aren't any layer styles to mess it up either. I'm stumped. Any chance you have an active selection? If not, does a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer work? Does changing the Hue slider have any effect on an already colored layer?

    Failing everything else, you could try resetting preferences by holding Ctrl-Alt-Shift down when opening Photoshop. But if you have a lot of custom settings that may be less than ideal.

  • WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787
    edited December 1969

    I figured it out by accident ... lol. I went into the fx blending option and chose cover overlay. Then I duplicated the layer to darken it.

    It may not be the right way ... lol ... but it works ... lol.

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