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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Cropping, resizing, retouching, and transforming photos
Last updated 7/26/2011
More Help topics
“About blending modes” on page 205
Replace colors in an image
The Color Replacement tool simplifies replacing specific colors in your image. You can paint over a targeted color—
for example, a yellow flower in an image—with a different color, like red. You can also use the Color Replacement tool
to correct colors.
Replacing colors
1 Select the Color Replacement tool . (The Color Replacement tool is nested under the Brush tool .)
2 Choose a brush tip from the Brush menu in the options bar. For Mode, generally, you’ll want to keep the blending
mode set to Color.
3 For Limits, choose one of the following:
Discontiguous Replaces the sampled color wherever it occurs under the pointer.
Contiguous Replaces colors that are contiguous with the color immediately under the pointer.
4 For Tolerance, specify a low percentage to replace colors very similar to the pixel you click, or raise the percentage
to replace a broader range of colors.
5 To give a smooth edge to the areas you correct, select Anti-alias.
6 Choose a foreground color to use to replace the unwanted color.
7 Click the color you want to replace in the image.
8 Drag within the image to replace the targeted color.
More Help topics
“Adjust the color of skin tone” on page 121
Blur or soften edges
The Blur tool softens hard edges or areas in an image by reducing detail. Blurring a busy background can bring your
target images more into focus. You can also use Blur filters for this purpose.
