Hey everyone, I need some Photoshop help. Actually, I"m using Jasc Paint Shop, so I'm sure there are some differences.
Anyway, I have attached the image I'm trying to edit, it's the first attachment below. Basically, I want to change the colors of the hearts from black to a maroon. I've tried to do it a couple of ways, both gave me poor results.
First I tried simply to select the hearts. The problem here is that the edges fade out, so when I selected an object, it really only selects the center, and doesn't appropriately catch the edges. I tried to fix this by simply expanding the area...but because the fading is not even around the entire image, I wind up getting lots of white space on one part while another part I still have not captured the entire edge. I've also tried feathering when I select, but I pretty much had the same problem. Then I just tried to manually select the edges, but I didn't know how to appropriately adjust the feathering. The end result is when I tried to paint over it is the second sample image. See how some edges are properly feathered...while others are not? Even if I could figure out how to get the whole area selected properly, when I paint over, it's kind of annoying because the black can still be seen underneath the red.
Next I tried a simple color replacement. But this resulted in simply a solid maroon heart, with not feathering around the edges. See the third attached image.
So is there a way to replace the black with maroon in such a way that it preserves the original feathering effect? So basically, Photoshop senses that the pixels around the edges are reduced in hue/saturation and adjust the maroon replacement accordingly?
I'm sure I'm not addressing my question in the clearest manner, but hopefully someone will get the idea of what I'm trying to say.
-Matt
Anyway, I have attached the image I'm trying to edit, it's the first attachment below. Basically, I want to change the colors of the hearts from black to a maroon. I've tried to do it a couple of ways, both gave me poor results.
First I tried simply to select the hearts. The problem here is that the edges fade out, so when I selected an object, it really only selects the center, and doesn't appropriately catch the edges. I tried to fix this by simply expanding the area...but because the fading is not even around the entire image, I wind up getting lots of white space on one part while another part I still have not captured the entire edge. I've also tried feathering when I select, but I pretty much had the same problem. Then I just tried to manually select the edges, but I didn't know how to appropriately adjust the feathering. The end result is when I tried to paint over it is the second sample image. See how some edges are properly feathered...while others are not? Even if I could figure out how to get the whole area selected properly, when I paint over, it's kind of annoying because the black can still be seen underneath the red.
Next I tried a simple color replacement. But this resulted in simply a solid maroon heart, with not feathering around the edges. See the third attached image.
So is there a way to replace the black with maroon in such a way that it preserves the original feathering effect? So basically, Photoshop senses that the pixels around the edges are reduced in hue/saturation and adjust the maroon replacement accordingly?
I'm sure I'm not addressing my question in the clearest manner, but hopefully someone will get the idea of what I'm trying to say.
-Matt
