Adobe 65045315 Photoshop Elements Manual - Page 166

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10 160 Crop an image Cropping, resizing, retouching, and transforming photos More Help topics "About blending modes" on page 227 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 136 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. Last updated 1/2/2012