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Color Replacement Brush - TIP
24 January 2008, Photoshop
I spend many long hours, deeply absorbed in Photoshop, every week. If I step back and look --as a whole-- at my work, I realize that I use LOTS of little things COMBINED, to make each project exactly the way I want it. One of those little things is the Color Replacement Brush, and here is how I use it. Now quickly before I start, I must issue a "disclaimer". As I have said before, Photoshop goes deeper than most of us will ever dig. I also believe, because it is so deep, it is nearly impossible to know how to use all of its capabilities. Keeping that in mind, I share this, and other examples, purely for YOU. These posts will range from the simplest tip or trick, to the advanced. With that said, enjoy the ones that are for your level, and work your way up to the harder ones. DO NOT TRY TO TACKLE THE CRAZIEST ONES BEFORE YOU HAVE LEARNED THE BASICS! Thank You. For those on a smaller budget, (come on we've all been there), especially when the particular project involves many components, you most likely have found yourself longing for matching shirts or sweaters, wallpaper, carpet, paint or even skin tones etc. I find myself in this situation a lot. Mostly because I am very picky, and also because my work involves things and places that don't exist half the time. So even with the budget, or time, I could not "find" what I want everytime. The Color Replacement Brush, (CRB), is a very simple yet very powerful tool. To start using it simply press B on your keyboard, and that will select the BRUSH TOOL. Then press SHIFT+ B a few times until you see the CRB icon come around. Then, just open up the image you wish to use the tool on.  Once you have the image open you wish to use, just start painting over the area where you want to change the color. Like magic, you will see the color change into whatever color you have as your current foreground color.   Don't get too carried away. For those with a good eye you'll instantly see, (depending on your tool settings), the replaced color might seem too subtle or too strong. Or maybe the color bled into other areas you wanted to keep it out of. So, be sure to play around with the tool settings and fine tune it just the way you want it.  For me, it is the fact that it is changing --as a whole-- the area's color, that bothers me, especially the shadow areas. Whatever the case may be, it may not look right to you. So for this TIP, I will be explaining the FADE option. The fade option only applies to the very last step when using the CRB. Which means if you want it to work you must already have a carefully masked selection, (so you can control where it paints), or do it in controlled smaller steps. Once you have replaced the color you want changed, (before doing anything else), press SHIFT+COMMAND+F. The fade dialogue will appear, with a slider for the opacity. Slide it over until the replaced color you just painted, allows enough of the original color to show through. This will help it seem more "real", especially in the shadows.  This is an incredible tool, so take the time to really get to know it, and it will work wonders! Update- So I dug up this older shot where this tool was ESSENTIAL, as I had planned to use the colors just as they were in the first image. However, hours into post production I totally changed my mind, and switched nearly all the original colors. This is a perfect example of where sticking to the plan, would have been, well I think, disastrous.   Thats the TIP for this week, let me know how it worked for you! REPLIES
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