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On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:39:56 +0100, "Sam" wrote:
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On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:32:00 +0100, "Sam" wrote:
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On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:32:05 -0700 (PDT), Cardinal
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Would you have a look at the fishing rod graphic in this link?
http://cleanblog.us/john/fr/fishingRod.html
I am using Adobe Photoshop CS3 and I would like to change the red in the picture to a forest green in order to see what that would look like. I wish to preserve the reflections, etc that make this graphic look special. Is there a Photoshop adjustment command that I could use to do something like that? Thank you very much.
changing colors on the fly as you suggest, is more of a Flash thing.
No it’s not. This is exactly the sort of thing that Photoshop is designed to
do.
Flash is primarily a vector graphics and animation package.
Flash created a tutorial in it’s help file changing the color of a futuristic
car with just one button. So yes it is more of a flash thing. You could change
the color with a crayon, but Flash does it faster & better.
Well then, perhaps instead of just saying "It’s more of a Flash thing", you wouldn’t mind enlightening us as to how exactly it’s done with a single click in Flash?
I already told you it’s in the flash tutorial help file. STEP BY STEP.
So if you weren’t prepared to give the OP an answer to his question, why did you even bother replying.
It cannot be done in Flash unless you first of all spend a lot of time creating a Flash application which will allow you to do it. That’s because Flash is not a photographic editing programme.
Photoshop on the other hand IS a photographic manipulation and editing programme. As such it is the single most suitable product on the market for doing the job the OP asked about.
It already has the tools built in, and as I demonstrated, in LAB mode the task can be completed in 4 simple steps, taking less than a minute to complete.
Yes, you *could* do it using Flash, but it would take you a hell of a long time, and the results won’t be very good.
Likewise, you could mow your lawn with a pair of scissors, but it would take you a long time and the results won’t be very good.
Similarly, you could cook a meal using only a cigarette lighter, but it would take a long time and the results won’t be very good.
Are you starting to get the point yet?
In case you aren’t, I’ll make it simple for you.
It’s all about using the right tool for the right job.
The OP has already told us that he posesses the right tool for the job – namely Photoshop CS3.
Telling him to use a less suitable tool is perhaps the most knuckle-headed piece of advice I’ve ever sen on usenet.