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On May 4, 9:56 pm, Mike Russell <group...@MOVEcurvemeister.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 4 May 2009 01:12:31 -0700 (PDT), Ramon F Herrera wrote:
> > (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.
>
> Use Image>Adjust>Hue/Sat, click on the Colorize button, and adjust the Hue
> and Lightness sliders to get the color you want.  Do this step after taking
> care of transparency as explained below.
>
> > (2) I would like the background to be transparent (I am using PNG) but
> > have no clue on how to do that.
>
> 0) Alt double-click on the background layer in the layer palette to make it
> a normal layer
> 1) use Layer>Mask>Reveal All to create a layer mask.  
> 2) Copy your original signature to the clipboard (ctrl-A, ctrl-C)
> 3) alt click on the layer mask in the layer palette, and paste the
> signature to the layer mask.
> 4) invert the layer mask (ctrl-I) and you're set.
>
> BTW - you can get a fairly good result by clicking on the signature
> background with the magic wand tool, then pressing the delete key.  The
> quality will not be as good as what you will get with the above procedure.
> --
> Mike Russell -http://www.curvemeister.com

Excellent advice. Couldn't have said it better myself. I'm not kidding
or being a wiseguy, either. We write books about Adobe apps and that
"Paste in the Help" line was just wonderful. I would never have
thought about it -- relying instead of talking too much ;)

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