Help replacing colors CS3

Hello, I got PS CS3 and I'm having a hard time trying to do 2 things:
1) I'd like to use the "replace color" function in order to remove a background color and make it transparent. How do I do that? I can make it green, red, whatever color I like but not transparent!?
2) There's another part, which is black, that I want to make red. Now when I replace the colors it becomes gray. There a way to fix this?
Thanks

Hi James,
In my humble opinion you can get far more control with Photoshop's native blending options than with either of those 2 filters.
Method 1
1. Make a regular layer from the Background
2. Layer style > Blending Options > under Blend If and This Layer: drag the white slider a tiny bit to the left.
3. You can get even more control by Alt-Dragging the left part of this tiny triangle to the left (they are in fact two sliders) and using the Alt key splits it into two.
I usually first put a colored layer underneath with a contrasting color so as to better be able to see and fine tune the settings.
Method 2
Is a bit more advanced but this way you can take advantage of the Refine Edge command.
1. Make a regular layer from the Background
2. Add a layer under the existing layer and fill it with a contrasting color
3. Layer style > Blending Options > under Blend If and This Layer: drag the white slider a tiny bit to the left.
4. You can get even more control by Alt-Dragging the left part of this tiny triangle to the left.
5. Notice that although you have transparency the layer thumbnail is still white. We are going to fix this:
6. Put a new layer UNDER the current layer.
7. Activate the layer above and Merge down (Ctrl + E)
8. Ctrl-click the layer thumbnail to load the contents as a selection.
9. Use Refine Edge to fine tune your selection
10. Selection > Inverse and Delete or better yet add a mask
Regards,
Ronald

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