Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual page 299

Leave the Lightness setting at zero to maintain contrast. To maintain both contrast and saturation, select the Hue blending mode for the
adjustment layer.
4. If necessary, enlarge or reduce the affected area by painting on the mask with white or black. (See Edit a layer mask.)
For more information, see Adjustments panel overview.
Use the Replace Color dialog box
The Replace Color dialog box combines tools for selecting a color range with HSL sliders for replacing that color. You can also choose the
replacement color in the Color Picker.
Replace Color lacks the Colorize option from the Hue/Saturation adjustment, which may be needed for a complete color change. You may also find
the adjustment layer technique easier for changing specific objects. However, the Replace Color command is good for global color changes—
especially changing out-of-gamut colors for printing.
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Learn with examples from the Photoshop
Visual QuickStart Guide.
1. Choose Image > Adjustments > Replace Color.
2. (Optional) If you are selecting similar, contiguuous colors in the image, select Localized Color Clusters to build a more accurate mask.
3. Select a preview option:
Selection Displays the mask in the preview box. Masked areas are black, and unmasked areas are white. Partially masked areas (areas
covered with a semitransparent mask) appear as varying levels of gray according to their opacity.
Image Displays the image in the preview box. This option is useful when you are working with a magnified image or have limited screen
space.
4. To select the colors that you want to replace, use the Eyedropper tool
exposed by the mask.
5. To refine the selection, do any of the following:
Shift-click or use the Add To Sample Eyedropper tool
Alt-click (Windows), Option-click (Mac OS), or use the Subtract From Sample Eyedropper tool
Click the Selection Color swatch to open the Color Picker. Use the Color Picker to target the color you want replaced. As you select a
color in the Color Picker, the mask in the preview box is updated.
6. Drag the Fuzziness slider or enter a Fuzziness value to control the degree to which related colors are included in the selection.
7. Specify a Replacement color by doing either of the following:
Drag the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness sliders (or enter values in the text boxes).
Double-click the Result swatch and use the Color Picker to select the replacement color.
Important: You cannot replace pure gray, black, or white with a color. However, you can change the Lightness setting. (The Hue and
Saturation settings are relative to existing color, so they have no effect.)
8. (Optional) Click Save to store settings you will later load for other images.
For a video on dodging and burning with the Replace Color command, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4119_ps. (Discussion of Replace Color
begins at the 5:30 mark.)
Use the Color Replacement tool
The Color Replacement tool paints over a targeted color with a replacement color. While this tool is good for quick edits, it often proves
unsatisfactory, particularly with dark colors and black. If you don't get good results after experimenting with tool options, see Apply a
Hue/Saturation adjustment to selected objects.
The Color Replacement tool doesn't work in Bitmap, Indexed, or Multichannel color mode.
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