My own opinion on color replacers

Phil1923
over 13 years ago
Hi Everybody,
I have not tried any plug- ins or any of Jeff's macros.
However, I have tried out the color replacers, changers, whatever in PP
back to version 5, PS 7, PSP X2, and Adobe Elements 6.
They all seem to do about the same thing -- you can select a range of
colors to replace. The replacement works well for the full range of TONES
in the original. Unfortunately, they all gave bizarre results for color.

.. THE RANGE OF CHOSEN COLORS WAS REPLACED WITH A SINGLE HUE !

That's fine and dandy for an automobile. It's absolutely horrible for
a face.
Attached is an image of a gradient. The colors to be replaced center
around green. The replacement color is pink. The color replacer put in a
solid pink swatch. Using the Lab curves, the range of greens became
replaced with a range of pinks. The Curves dragged the adjacent colors with
it but the color replacer put down a solid pink hue.
Phil
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  • over 13 years ago
    Hi Everybody,
    1. Some Color Replacers may be better than others.
    BUT
    2. So far, they all seem to have the same problem. A range of colors is
    replaced with a single hue. (Leaving a trace of the original color is not a
    replacement technique.)
    3. Car colors can be replaced with a single hue without bothering anyone.
    That's why they are always chosen as an example for Color Replacers.
    4. Try the technique out with a color gradient as I did.
    5. IMHO Curves work out much better for faces than the Color Replacer --
    especially if you know where you want to end up. They shift a range of
    colors to another RANGE of colors.
    Phil
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