Replace Color...mask view?

Wishlist: I kinda wish I could combine these 3 into one amazing toolbox:
Replace Color
Select... Color Range
Refine Edge
This would be groundbreaking and game changing over here.

Personally I consider Replace Color as fairly dispensable as it is a destructive operation.
But you might want to post in the Feature Request Forum.
Photoshop Feature Requests

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How can I create a black and white image similar to what I see in the "Replace Color" tool?

Hi all, I'm just wondering how I can create a black and white image similar to what I see in the preview window of the "Replace Color" tool. See attached screenshot for clarification -- I need the grass to be black while the soil is white or vice versa. Any tips?

One way is to use Select>Color Range
Make a new Color Fill Layer>White
(Layer>New Fill Layer>Solid Color)
Put a new color fill layer below>black
Just invert the layer mask on the top fill layer for the opposite effect.

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

Batch replace color without using swatch as source

I've searched these forums and the rest of the web trying to find a method to do this... Actions don't cut it (if Actions were able to record the "replace color" dialoge it would be fine) so I've turned to scripts, but I have almost no knowlege on this.
I checked out this thread:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2588737
and it is very close, except that it assumes that there is a named swatch as the source color - which there isn't.
The script I tried was .JS
I'm trying to have the script run on a bunch of .eps files in a folder:
- Select object which has specified CMYK value (0,7,34,10)
- Replace fill color of the selected object with another CMYK value (5,19,36,0)
- Save over the existing .eps
- Close
- Make coffee (optional)
Also, any books you can recommend for learning this stuff? For a noob.

Muppet Mark wrote:
How simple are you documents as a piece of illustrator artwork. Having a better idea of their contents lets us know how deep the script would need to dig to find the colors you wish to exchange? Just path items? used in text? used to color up placed artwork?
Hey Muppet Mark,
If you have other script for all possible objects with also stroke or not, it should be useless (i beggining this script, your point of view should be interresting , personnaly i'm blocked on GraphItems and other complex Items)
Regards, art.chrome
#target Illustrator
var doc=app.activeDocument;
var couleur= new Array()
///////////////// Function ////////////////////////
var couleurCMYKColor = function (myColour){
     var Couleurs= new Array();
     Couleurs[0]=myColour.fillColor.cyan;
     Couleurs[1]=myColour.fillColor.magenta;
     Couleurs[2]=myColour.fillColor.yellow;
     Couleurs[3]=myColour.fillColor.black;
     alert("CMYK\n"+Couleurs);
return Couleurs;
var couleurRGBColor = function (myColour){
     var Couleurs= new Array();
     Couleurs[0]=myColour.fillColor.red;
     Couleurs[1]=myColour.fillColor.green;
     Couleurs[2]=myColour.fillColor.blue;
     alert("RGB\n"+Couleurs);
return Couleurs;
var couleurGrayColor = function (myColour){
     var Couleurs= new Array();
     Couleurs[0]=myColour.fillColor.gray;
     alert("Gray\n"+Couleurs);
return Couleurs;
var kindColor = function (mekind){
var kind=mekind.fillColor.toString();
     switch (kind){
           case "[CMYKColor]":
           var result=couleurCMYKColor (mekind);
           break;
           case "[GrayColor]":
           var result=couleurGrayColor (mekind);
           break;
           case "[RGBColor]":
           var result=couleurGrayColor (mekind);
           break;
           default:
           alert("This type of Color ("+kind+") wasn't implemented...");
           break;
var type = function (me){
     with (me){
      switch(typename){
           case "CompoundPathItem":
           // do nothing useless
           break;
           case "GraphItem":
           // ARGGG !! blocked
           break;
           case "GroupItem":
           // do nothing useless
           break;
           case "LegacyTextItem":
           break;
           case "MeshItem":
           break;
           case "NonNativeItem":
           break;
           case "PathItem":
           var mekind=me;
               kindColor(mekind);
           //alert (result);
           break;
           case "PlacedItem":
           // do nothing
           break;
           case "PluginItem":
           // procced as a group ?
           break;
           case "RasterItem":
           // do nothing
           break;
           case "SymbolItem":
           // complex.. i don't know
           break;
           case "TextFrame":
           var mekind=me.textRanges[0];
           kindColor(mekind);// the first characters
           break;
           default:
           alert("not implemented...");
           break;
//////////////// End Function /////////////////////////
for (c=doc.pageItems.length-1;c>-1;c--){
       var sel=doc.pageItems[c];
      if (sel.selected){
     alert(c+": "+sel.typename);
      type(sel);
      //alert(doc.selection[c].typename);

Can I avoid pixellated results when using Replace Color?

Running PSE9 under Mac OS X 10.6.
I'm editing an (originally.jpg) photo of green jewelry (on a silver necklace) with a gray background. I want to change the gray to a pale pink.
At first I tried the Magnetic Lasso to select the jewelry followed by Replace Color, but the intricacies of the silver necklace and the fine wire of the (pierced) earring hooks seemed to befuddle the Lasso into losing detail. Then I thought I had a bright idea: Skip the detailed selection, select the entire photo, and let the non-contiguous Replace Color do the work. I don't know how this affects the detail of the result yet, because I'm more concerned about the approximately 3 mm pixels of a variety of colors that replaced the gray background. Changing Fuzziness didn't remove the pixellation, and I have no idea why the variety of colors is occurring.
Where, oh where did I go wrong?

Here's how to get the results below:
1. Filled in the top left of the image using the clone stamp tool
    sampling off the areas below it. (makes the grey easier to select if
    it's fairly the same all around)
2. Used the magic wand tool with contiguous not checked and clicked on
    grey in the image.
3. Inverted that selection; Filters>Adjustments>Invert
4. Created a new color fill adjustment layer; Layer>New Fill Layer>Solid Color
   and picked the color in the color picker dialog (you can change the color later
   by double clicking on the color fill icon in the layers panel)
5. You may have zoom in close and fill in any areas you don't want pink by painting
    on the solid color fill layer mask with a brush. Use a black brush to show more of the
    necklace (hide the pink).
    Use a white brush to add more pink.
The color replacement tool doesn't work so good on images like this, that's why
a solid color fill adjustment layer is a better choice.
MTSTUNER
Message was edited by: MTSTUNER

Hey, How do I populate my replace colors color library in illustrator? I tried to replace color on a traced/ vectorized image and when I selected and went to the color library CC said I need to use a valid username. I was already logged into my adobe acco

Hey, How do I populate my replace colors color library in illustrator? I tried to replace color on a traced/ vectorized image and when I selected and went to the color library CC said I need to use a valid username. I was already logged into my adobe account.

Can you please show a screenshot of what exactly you want to replace where?

Can't replace color in PSE 9

I am trying to replace one color with another in a photo in PSE 9. Following the instructions in the on-line help does not work. Here is what I do.
1) Select the eye dropper and click in the image to set the foreground color to the replacement color.
2) Right click on the brush tool and choose the color replacement tool. Set the options to Mode=Color, Limits=Discontiguous, Tolerance=25%, Anti-alias=On.
3) Left click on the color in the photo that I want to replace.
4) Hold down the left mouse button and drag over the area containing the color I want to replace. Nothing happens when I do this.
In the photos in the Replace Colors in an Image help topic it appears that at some point in the process the cursor should change to include an eye dropper. I assume this is the cursor I should see before I left click to select the color I wish to replace, however, at no time does the cursor ever contain an eye dropper.
Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks.

How are you trying to save? Works for me.
Edit à Contact Book
Add New
Enter details e.g. Name and email address
Click OK and close
Then click Edit à Contact Book and your new name should be in the list.

Replace Color - selected areas turn gray instead of desired sample color. HELP?!

Hi, I am using Photoshop CS3 and have a question regarding "replace color."
First...here are the steps I enacted prior to trying to use the 'replace color' function:
1. In RGB Mode - - Selected and filled a shape a color.
2. Ran the selected object through Alien Skin/Impact "Chrome" function.
3. Selected 'adjustments/desaturate.' Did this so that I could then go to Adjustments/color balance..... and then change the entire color of the object to a predominantly red chrome looking scheme.
4. After giving the object a 'chrome' appearance, I wanted to go into the 'white' hilite areas of the object and sample them - and then change them to a bright red color....this is where the 'REPLACE COLOR' function comes in.
5. So I use the color sample eye dropper within 'REPLACE COLOR' and select the white areas I want to change to red...as the 'selection color.'
6. Then, I click down in the lower color box (result color) and sample a color that I want to change the white hilite areas to...in this case, red.
7. This is where the problem occurs - - even though I chose a result color of red...the white areas turn to grayscale within my colored object...so just those areas are gray!!! What the heck??!!
So... how can I desaturate a selected object... then recolor it using 'Color Balance'.... and then replace colors and have the replaced colors actually be a color instead of a gray color?
My file is in RGB mode and everything else is in COLOR.... yet I cannot replace areas within this colored graphic with other colors...it just keeps putting gray tones into the object.
HELP??
Thanks.

Hi Curt - - this occurs even if I select a color within the same file... something about desaturating the file and then adding color back into it...I can't get it to replace color after that.

Replace Color(s)

I couldn't figure out how to use the Replace Color function
in
Photoshop, so I checked out Fireworks and was pleased to see
it's user
friendly in the extreme. The only problem is it doesn't work!
First, I opened an image with a .png extension. (It only
works on .png
images, right?) Then I clicked Window > Find and Replace,
opening the
little dialog box. The settings are "Search Document," "Find
Color" and
"Fills & Strokes."
There are two colored squares - Find: and Change to:. I used
the
eyedropper to set the color of Find to the color I want to
replace (a
light gray). Then I clicked Change to and set it at yellow.
Then I click
"Replace All," but nothing happens.
This is the first time I've used Fireworks, by the way. I've
owned
Studio MX for a long time but never got around to playing
with Fireworks
because I already had Photoshop. Thanks.
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David Blomstrom wrote:
> Linda Rathgeber **Adobe Community Expert** wrote:
>>
>>
>>> There are two colored squares - Find: and Change
to:. I used the
>>> eyedropper to set the color of Find to the color
I want to replace (a
>>> light gray). Then I clicked Change to and set it
at yellow. Then I
>>> click "Replace All," but nothing happens.
>>
>> You need to rub the cursor over the color you want
to replace.
>>
>
> You mean if I want to replace the gray in North America
only, I need to
> place my cursor over North America and hold down the
mouse button while
> I rub it with the cursor? Or I need to place the cursor
over the color
> in the Find box? I tried both without success. Thanks.
>
The Replace Color tool works as Linda describes, and can be
used on
pngs, gifs, jpegs, etc. I do not think FW MX had the actual
tool
(although it's been a long time since I used MX so I could be
wrong).
I've never found it to work all that well or predictably
especially with
grey, but that could just be me.
However, what you described was the Find and Replace Color
panel. This
panel no longer exists in later versions such as FW8 and
probably MX
2004. Its functionality was built into the main Find and
Replace dialog box.
At any rate, this feature only works for vectors, fonts and
paths.
Sampling a color from a flattened bitmap (PNG or otherwise)
will have no
effect on the image.
HTH
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Replace color and hue/saturation?

Is there any real difference with using hue/saturation and replace color to change the color of an item OR is it just two ways to do the same thing?

If you did a hue/saturation change then both the blue and yellow would change according to the sliders that you use.
That would apply if you edit the Hue/Saturation’s Master (alt-2), but if the Colors are sufficiently different one could influence only the Reds (alt-3), Yellows {alt-4) etc.
And that’s naturally best done with an Adjustment Layer.

Replacing a materialized view

Hi ,
How do i actually replace a materialized view ?
i tried create or replace materialized view , when compiling it gave me error
or i can only drop it ?
tks & rdgs

Just drop the mv and re-create it. There is no replace command with mv.
Connected.
SQL> CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW MY_MV AS
2 SELECT * FROM MYTEST.TIMES;
Materialized view created.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE MATERIALIZED VIEW MY_MV_1 AS
2 SELECT * FROM MYTEST.TEST;
CREATE OR REPLACE MATERIALIZED VIEW MY_MV_1 AS
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00922: missing or invalid option
tHANKS

In the toolbar I click on color face and see the RGB color space view. How do I put them into CMYK?

In the toolbar left I click on color face and see the RGB color space view. How do I put them into CMYK?
German:
In der Werkzeugleiste klicke ich auf Farbfläche und sehe den RGB-Farbraumansicht. Wie stelle ich diese in CMYK um?

I design print material. I hope Adobe will change it.
The ID Color Picker works the same as Photoshop's classic color picker except that it doesn't have an H,S,B presentation (which is the more intuitive interface). So both programs let you choose an R, G, B and L, a, b presentation of color via the 6 radio buttons, and you can pick RGB, Lab or CMYK versions of the chosen color—the mode you get depends on where your cursor is. If you pick an out-of-gamut CMYK color it is brought into gamut in the Swatches or Color panels after you click OK.
So here I'm picking RGB, Lab and CMYK Swatches or Colors of the color selection because my cursor is in a respective RGB, Lab or CMYK field, note that the Add Swatch button changes accordingly:
When I click inside the color field, the CMYK values are a color managed conversion of the chosen color, but I also have the option of entering any value. So it would be unlikely I would get a blue gray color like 50|0|0|50 with a color managed conversion, but I have the option to enter those specific numbers.
The 3 versions of the color added as swatches
An InDesign document can have a mix of RGB, Lab, and CMYK colors. Colors and swatches can be converted to any CMYK destination space when you export or print.

Replace Color Command Saturation Algorithm

For the Replace Color Command (not the Replace Color Tool), the meaning of the Saturation slider is clear only when the slider value is negative (reducing saturation). In that case the slider reading is the percent by which the (H-L) gap is to be reduced, where H and L are the highest and lowest RGB channel values. A reading of -100 means the gap is to be completely closed. Whatever the percentage closure, it is effected by decreasing H and increasing L in equal increments proportional to the slider setting.
When the saturation slider is set to a positive number (increasing saturation), however, the meaning is not easily unearthed. The incremental changes in H and L, although still equal and opposite in algebraic sign, are now a non-linear function of the slider and the initial H and L values, but I have not been able to nail it.
BTW, The middle RGB channel plays no role in either case. With H and L set, it is adjusted to keep hue constant.
Any help out there? Gernot? Anybody?

Bump---with apologies. First time ever (honest). Apart from staving off the post's oblivion, I want to verify just where in the ladder a bump jumps.

Workflow getting triggered when added/replace in Mask

Hi Experts,
We are using MDM 7.1 SP09 and we are facing an issue of workflow getting triggered when records are added or replaced in Mask..
ie whenever i am adding or replacing some records in mask workflow is triggered for most of the records ....IF i check the Workflow tab it will show all the steps maintained for that particular Workflow adn then gets deleted automatically...and strange thing is it is happening to a single user id/role and for other role this does not happen
Can anyone please help me sorting out this issue..
Regards
Nitin

Hi Ravi,
Today again I checked the scenario once again in production with both user/role and found that workflow is triggered for both users...
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I checked the Perf Tracing and found the below. Please let me know if these are triggered because of some Java...

REPLACE COLOR only allows graytones for replacement color

Hello,
I am trying to use the REPLACE COLOR command to change a white sky to a blue sky. I am running Photoshop CS on Windows XP system. Photoshop provides two descriptions on how to use the REPLACE COLOR command and I have tried both. Howwever, for either one, when I attempt to set the color that will be used to replace the original color, the color picker always "previews" and uses a graytone rendition, not the tone I actually attempt to set. When I wag the mouse over the entire color picker swatch, the preview alway renders a graytone. If I instead type in a known 6-hex digit color identifier I still get a graytone rendition, not the actual
color.
I am trying to change the color for only a portion of the image, so I'm using the rectangular marquee to selection the portion I want to change.
For completeness, here is a list of steps I'm performing-
1)In the Layers palette, select the layer containing the color you want to replace.
2)Use the rectangular marquee to select only a specific area in the image you wish to change.
3)Choose Image > Adjustments > Replace Color.
4)In the Replace Color dialog box, make sure Selection is selected under the preview window.
4)In the image, click the color you want to change.
5)Double-click the Result swatch and use the Color Picker to select the replacement color and click OK.
Any clues what I'm doing wrong or what I may hav set wrong?
Thanks,
Ron Glos

Replace color will not work for white or black, as there is no color. There was a post about a month ago with similar topic, with some solutions. Sorry can't remember how to get there, try search with this in mind.
edit
try this link
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b55cf6/2

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