[thelist] PS6 Question

[Michael Buffington]

There are a few ways to do this:

1. Try the Color Range tool.

Click on Select, then Color Range, and within the dialog that pops up select
the area of color that you want to select. When you're satisfied with the
results, click OK and use the eraser (or whatever tools you need to) on the
selected color.

2. Use the magic wand to select non-contiguous areas.

Select the magic wand tool, make sue the "Contiguous" check box isn't
filled, and select your color. Play around with the tolerance and feather
levels to achieve the desired result.

3. Use the Background Eraser tool.

Look this one up in the docs - I think I've messed around with it once, but
never actually used it to accomplish a goal.

4. The old fashioned way.

Use one of the lasso tools (standard, polygon, or magnetic) to hand draw a
selection.

I'd bet there are more ways to do it as well, the above have worked for me
when the situation arises.

Michael Buffington
Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Developer
Author ColdFusion 5.0 Developer's Guide (ISBN: 0072132256)
http://www.michaelbuffington.com
ph: (714) 404-8616
email: mike at stompzine.com
AIM: elbowdonkey

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From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
[mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Salvatore Palmisano
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:26 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] PS6 Question


Is it possible to remove a specific color from a JPG image within Photoshop?
I have some black and maroon text atop a white background, and Id like to
remove the white and just be left with the text.
Perhaps I can tell the eraser to only remove white?  Or is there some other
way?

Thanks all.

--Salvatore (Desperately needing a PS book)

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