Re: Newbie question about replacing colors and creating transparent background

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From: Ramon F Herrera
Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 16:13

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On May 4, 8:38 am, John J <n...@droffats.ten> wrote:
> Ramon F Herrera wrote:
> > I am trying to create the image of a signature with Photoshop CS2, but
> > have found 2 problems.
>
> > (1) The original signature image is monochrome, and I am trying to use
> > the "Replace Color" tool to make it look like blue ink, but can't make
> > the desired change. I have successfully used the "replace color" in
> > the past.
>
> > (2) I would like the background to be transparent (I am using PNG) but
> > have no clue on how to do that.
>
> Go to the Help menu.
> Paste the line below into the search window:
> Change pixels to transparent with the Background Eraser tool
>
> Then for the color - go to Image -> Adjustments -> Hue and Saturation
> Click the little box [ ] Colorize
> Slide the Saturation to the right
> Slide Hue until you get the color you want
>
> Save as either GIF or PNG


Thanks a lot. It worked like a charm.

With such good results, I am getting more ambitious. Some of the
signatures have traces (not sure whether in the original paper, or as
a result of the digital manipulations) which are too thin.

How can I make the signature traces thicker?

TIA,

-Ramon

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