ChrisAnn
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Post by ChrisAnn on Jan 5, 2018 12:22:17 GMT
I'm trying to reproduce an old typed newsletter and scanning in the original doesn't work as the typing is too feint to read. I decided to reproduce it by retyping the text using a typewriter font. I've found a frame I want to use but it is the wrong colour. It will be reproduced in black and white so I want to keep the black element of the frame but make the beige white. I'm sure it can be done but haven't found out how.
Any ideas please?
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Post by cats4jan on Jan 5, 2018 12:58:12 GMT
If a hue/sat layer doesn't give you what you want, try clipping a solid white layer to your frame - then changing the blending mode. What blend mode works is dependent upon the frame's colors. 1. open a new layer above the frame 2. fill that layer with white 3. clip the new layer to the frame layer 4. where you see the word 'normal' click on the drop down menu and try different blend modes Without seeing your frame, it's difficult to advise  |
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 5, 2018 16:53:00 GMT
I've found a frame I want to use but it is the wrong colour. It will be reproduced in black and white so I want to keep the black element of the frame but make the beige white. ChrisAnn,
Without seeing your frame file, I’m going out on a limb here and suggesting creating a Levels adjustment and using the White Point Eyedropper tool to set the white point.
1. Create a Levels Adjustment layer.
2. Select the White Point Eyedropper.
3. Click on the cream-colored area you want to make white.
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 5, 2018 23:59:08 GMT
ChrisAnn, as we all know, there is more than one way to do something in Elements. I am sure someone else will come up with another technique. I have given more thought to your project and here is another possibility (depending on the kind of frame file you are working with).
1. Add the frame to your text file.
2. Change the frame layer blending mode to Linear Light. (The cream-colored area will turn white.)
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Post by Bailey on Jan 6, 2018 2:09:34 GMT
Like the others mentioned, without seeing your frame it's hard to advise but maybe the Colour Replacement Brush or Enhance->Ajust Colour->Replace Colour (PSE 14) might help you get what you need.
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ChrisAnn
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Post by ChrisAnn on Jan 6, 2018 9:00:11 GMT
Thanks for all your recommendations folks. I'll try them all and report on my success or otherwise. Got to go out now so it will be later today (UK time). I've tried to up load my file, not sure whether it's worked though. ![]() ![[url=http://ibb.co/igBS2G][img]http://preview.ibb.co/dfGuhG/Letter_check.png[/img][/url]]()  |
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 6, 2018 16:03:38 GMT
Thanks for all your recommendations folks. I'll try them all and report on my success or otherwise. ChrisAnn, thanks for posting the frame you are working with!
Any one of the techniques suggested above will work. However, I am afraid it will take a little more work to get the frame to be white (#ffffff). Elements is not going to get it right from the start due to the fact that it is not an area of solid cream color; it is a speckled area.
Having seen the frame file you are working with, I am going to suggest another approach. I find it to be a simple one, which works quite well with your frame -- Convert your frame to B&W.
You can use whichever B&W conversion technique you feel comfortable with (Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, Enhance>Adjust Color>Remove Color, etc.). However, I would suggest using Enhance>Convert to Black and White>Newspaper preset. When I tested this technique/Newspaper preset, Elements nailed it. Your frame came out . . . white (#ffffff).
Precisely convert to black and white
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Post by fotofrank on Jan 6, 2018 17:42:15 GMT
  I added a blank layer above the with a layer mask of the mat. I painted with color "dddddd" with a blend mode of color. The top layer is a white parchment texture from the public domain, applied to just the mat with a blend mode of soft light. |
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 6, 2018 17:52:33 GMT
I added a blank layer above the with a layer mask of the mat. I painted with color "dddddd" with a blend mode of color. The top layer is a white parchment texture from the public domain, applied to just the mat with a blend mode of soft light. Frank, very clever! The white parchment texture will do the job. Great idea! |
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ChrisAnn
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Post by ChrisAnn on Jan 6, 2018 22:43:10 GMT
Wow! such a lot of help and suggestions. Thanks so much. I've been tied up all day and only just got back on to the computer. I'm looking forward to following your ideas through tomorrow. I'm not a scrapbooker and usually only use Elements for improving my photos but this is going to be fun.
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Post by Bailey on Jan 7, 2018 4:47:03 GMT
Hi ChrisAnn, thank you for posting your frame. That makes it a little easier. There are many shades of beige in your frame so I am not sure how much of the beige you want to make white. In any case, this is what I did as an experiment,as I am not a scrapbook either. 1. Enhance->Convert to B & W -> Portraits. This maintained the darker shades of beige as darker shades of grey in the B&W conversion. 2. Added a Levels adjustment layer and played with the 3 sliders (black, white and grey) to make the darker shades darker and the lighter shades lighter in the B&W 3. Added a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer and played with the Contrast slider to fine tune the shades. Contrast makes the dark shades blacker and the light shades whiter. And this is what I came up with...but the possibilities with these 2 adjustment layers is huge as you can make as little or as much as you like black or white, so hopefully you can get the frame to look how you want.  |
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Post by cats4jan on Jan 7, 2018 11:09:06 GMT
Bailey - good job. Your technique kept and enhanced the details of the frame. It's perfect.
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Post by Lillias on Jan 7, 2018 14:53:40 GMT
fotofrank I like the result you have achieved here Frank but I’m afraid to say in spite of the info you have given I just have no idea how you achieved it. The fault will be entirely down to my feeble brain not understanding the instructions you have given. Would it be possible for you to save my sanity by going into a bit more detail. Thank you ever so much.
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Post by fotofrank on Jan 7, 2018 17:04:28 GMT
Billiejean - here you go.
With the image open add a new blank layer.
Make the background layer active
Make a selection of the mat
once the selection of the mat is complete, make the new blank layer active and add a layer mask
change your foreground color to dddddd
select the brush tool and paint on the blank layer- the mat should now be an off-white solid color
change the blend mode of this layer to color - the mat should now have detail and be the off white color
download the parchment texture and add it as new layer with a blend more of soft light
you can either clip it to the layer below or use the alt/option key and drag a copy of the layermask from the layer below
Hopefully I have submerged victoriously and save your sanity, if not PM me.
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Post by Lillias on Jan 7, 2018 18:54:40 GMT
Ah I managed it eventually - sanity saved...thanks for going to that trouble for me Frank.
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