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Color Changer Tool in Paint Shop Pro Photo XI

From Sonja Shea, Guest Contributor, About.com Guest

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Make Final Adjustments

After color changing with Paint Shop Pro
Place your image next to your Tool Options palette where ever it might reside in your workspace. Place it close to the Tolerance and Edge Softness settings so that it is easily visible for you.

Using the numerical entry box for the Tolerance setting. Slowly increase the number from 13 to 14, 15 and so forth. Be sure to keep an eye on the blanket each time you click! How high can you go? Don't go too high or you might turn something else pink that you hadn't intended to! Be sure to try increasing the Edge Softness as well as you move along.

Much easier than having to undo and redo all the time, isn't it? Let us know how you did! I have a couple examples above showing various settings if you would like to see where I ended up!

My final numbers were 18 for Tolerance and 10 for Edge Softness producing the results you see here.

Tips for making the most of this Tool

  • For problem images which contain large amounts of the same color throughout the entire image that are the same color as the color you are electing to change, use one of your selection tools to isolate the area. Then the Color Changer tool will only change the respective color within the selection and no where else in the image.
  • Another method would be to duplicate the layer, apply the Color Changer tool, and then mask out the rest of the image to reveal the original image below.
  • Only use Color Changer on matte elements such as carpet, clothing and painted objects.
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