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.
Brian said: Hi Mike, the Replace Color dialog in PP is a little buggy.
the Replace Color dialog in PP is a little buggy.
I noticed that :) But I've also learned today (or at least it appears) that i can use some Photoshop plug ins in Photo Paint. AND That, sir, is mind-blowing.
Hi Phil,
I think the Replace Colour type features/plugins are really intended for colour changes to inanimate objects such as cars, clothing and in particular to single colours. I would never use this feature for correcting skin tones, for example.