Phil1923 said:I have not tried any plug- ins or any of Jeff's macros.
The FREE plugin solves the problem. I expect professional results, that's why I use it.
Phil1923 said:.. THE RANGE OF CHOSEN COLORS WAS REPLACED WITH A SINGLE HUE !
PP's plugin does not offer enough control. The range slider in PP's replace color dialog is garbage.
Phil1923 said:That's fine and dandy for an automobile. It's absolutely horrible for a face.
Even in the case of a car, the plugin is what you need since a car will have various hues depending on lighting.
Both Photoshop and the plugin have a fuzziness slider. PP doesn't.
Try changing the yellow car to the other color using PP's replace color command. It isn't going to happen as smoothly. So, I used the plugin. :-)
Hi Jeff,
you know me, I can't knock back a challenge. This took seconds to achieve using PP's Replace Color dialog and it has produced a better result than the plugin. Take a look to the bottom right of the picture (as we look at it) just above the bumper bar (fender?). There is a trick to using PP's tool and once you are aware of it - it is brilliant. It keeps shifting the Saturation and Lightness sliders around (randomly at times) and you have to drag them back to their centres. When you click with the Eyedropper they will move again and you have to put them back again. If you are willing to do that you will find the tool is as good as it gets.
Naturally, in my example I have used a different replacement colour, but made the same change.
Brian said:This took seconds to achieve using PP's Replace Color dialog and it has produced a better result than the plugin.
We disagree. :-)
The thing that bugs me about PP's is the range control.
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The next example is extra blotchy to show how PP "tries" to get a good result.
I just like the plugin more.
there is no question that the plugin does a vastly superior job with the apple. This is the best I could do (quickly) with PP. I only sampled one place and did not experiment to see if selecting a different colour would do a better job; I will certainly try this later, but I can't see PP getting anywhere near the plugin. It did a good job of replacing the red parts of the apple, but it also affected the existing yellowish-green part of the apple.
Brian said:
My color replacer doesn't work as a grayscale. It's all or nothing. and I have it setup similar. Any Ideas? Mines all blocky.
Edit: Screen cap of what mine is looking like.
Hi Mike,
the Replace Color dialog in PP is a little buggy. When I get a result you like you have in your attachment I immediately drag (or click) the Saturation and Lightness sliders back to their centre positions and that usually fixes things. After that you can start readjusting them again to taste. Other times I click the Ignore Greyscale checkbox and it might fix the preview and then I untick it again and it remains corrected.
There is definitely something wrong with this feature, but with a little messing around you can generally get a good end result. In the example with that apple, however, I cannot match what Jeff achieved with the MV Plugin. As you said, with the apple it is all or nothing. I have no idea why it is changing the already yellowish-green part of the apple when we have only told it to change the reds. I don't usually see this kind of result.
Best regards,Brian.
Hi Jeff/Anyone,
the image below shows that using any method of replacing colours is very limited in certain images. Try changing the colour of the brownish coloured car and you will see what I mean. The steps are similar to the car colour in places, so they will naturally change colour as the car does and the same thing with the faces on the people.
The way I would do this if there were no rules would simply be to use the Replace Color Lens in PP and then paint out the unwanted affected areas with a black brush. Alternatively, one could mask off the car first and then use any method for changing colours.