"Inverting" a b/w image

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Will
Dec 5, 2004
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Hi.

The subject doesn’t really explain my question properly, so let me be a bit clearer. I have an image of a cricketer, a "scetch"/outline in black on a white background. This of course works well on a white website (see the image in question at my site: http://cricket.mailliw.com) – but I want to invert the image, so that it’s on a blue background with a white outline.

To me, this seems like something that *should* be quite straightforward! I admit I’m really very clueless about graphics. I use Photoshop Elements but only for cropping or resizing or straightening my horizons (I’m a budding photographer). I really have no idea where to go and am hoping a kind soul can advise

Many thanks in advance

Will
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V1nc3nt
Dec 5, 2004
This is how I would do it:

With Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation you can colorize the pic (check Colorize at the right bottom). Take the Lightness down, so you can colorize the White also. Maybe the Saturation a bit up. Then move the Hue till it’s Yellow. Press Enter. Then invert the pic. You can change the Blue with Replace Color. Or with an adjustment layer. What ever.

HTH

Will wrote:
Hi.

The subject doesn’t really explain my question properly, so let me be a bit clearer. I have an image of a cricketer, a "scetch"/outline in black on a white background. This of course works well on a white website (see the image in question at my site: http://cricket.mailliw.com) – but I want to invert the image, so that it’s on a blue background with a white outline.
To me, this seems like something that *should* be quite straightforward! I admit I’m really very clueless about graphics. I use Photoshop Elements but only for cropping or resizing or straightening my horizons (I’m a budding photographer). I really have no idea where to go and am hoping a kind soul can advise

Many thanks in advance

Will

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V1nc3nt
Dec 5, 2004
I use Photoshop Elements

I’m not sure everything I wrote applies to Elements too.
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edjh
Dec 6, 2004
V1nc3nt wrote:
This is how I would do it:

With Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation you can colorize the pic (check Colorize at the right bottom). Take the Lightness down, so you can colorize the White also. Maybe the Saturation a bit up. Then move the Hue till it’s Yellow. Press Enter. Then invert the pic. You can change the Blue with Replace Color. Or with an adjustment layer. What ever.
HTH
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You forgot to tell him how to invert. Image>Invert or Ctrl-I in Photoshop and I’m guessing in Elements too.

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