changing layer text color

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Dennis Herrick
Jan 28, 2004
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My project is taking many of my old records and converting to CD. The task here is to put the track listings on a photo of the original record jacket. I’ve used Word to create the text in the correct format, and can copy/paste this as a new layer onto the original photo (I can only do this in my Mac version…. the PC version also pastes the white background of the text).

The problem is that the text is black and I’d like to change it to a lighter color that’s used on the album cover. The cover is dark, so I’d like to change the black text in this layer to a color I can pick from a light color on the photo already.

Is there a way to change this black text layer to the color I’ve selected??

(I’m using version 7 and am not an expert in photoshop at all!! Have access to both Mac and PC)

Thanks for any help.
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tacitr
Jan 28, 2004
I’ve used Word to create the text in the correct format, and can copy/paste this as a new layer onto the original photo (I can only do this in my Mac version…. the PC version also pastes the white background of the text).

On the PC, change the layer’s Mode to Darken or Multiply to get rid of the white.

But the better thing to do is to choose the Text tool and paste the text *as text*, not as an image. The best thing to do is to use the proper tool for hte job, like a page-layout app.

The problem is that the text is black and I’d like to change it to a lighter color that’s used on the album cover.

You can use Curves, Hue/Saturation, or even the Fill command to do this. If you lock the layer’s transparency and then use Edit->Fill, you will make the text whatever the foregorund color is.

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Dennis Herrick
Jan 29, 2004
On 1/28/04 12:24 PM, in article
, "Tacit"
wrote:

But the better thing to do is to choose the Text tool and paste the text *as text*, not as an image. The best thing to do is to use the proper tool for hte job, like a page-layout app.

Thanks for that tip…. I’m still learning this and sometimes I miss the obvious!!!

You can use Curves, Hue/Saturation, or even the Fill command to do this. If you
lock the layer’s transparency and then use Edit->Fill, you will make the text whatever the foregorund color is.

Thanks!!! that solved it….

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