Comments | icon_bacchanal: Using Replace Color to Fix LQ Bases

iamtheliquorr in icon_bacchanal

Using Replace Color to Fix LQ Bases

May 30, 2006 14:37

I make a lot of icons using screencaps, and often, the caps aren't the highest quality. Screencaps are also often dark and blurry, and when I try to lighten them, I end up getting funky patches of color. I recently discovered how fabulously easy they are to fix with the "replace color" feature. This tutorial will take you the process step-by-step ( Read more... )

-maker: hologrphcbuddha, categories: tutorials, television: doctor who

Comments 8

marymc May 30 2006, 21:46:06 UTC

Oooh, clever, danka!

newfoundlover May 30 2006, 21:52:13 UTC

Nice :)

erunameundomiel May 30 2006, 22:22:34 UTC

Ah, now I finally understand replace color. Thank you. :)

fogg8 May 30 2006, 22:53:18 UTC

That's great. It doesn't really work for dark or blue caps, but it's pretty good. I even used it to play around with some colours on icons.

I got this

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iamtheliquorr May 31 2006, 04:29:21 UTC

Ahh, I never tried it on those. For overwhelmingly blue or greenish caps (I got a lot of those when doing Veronica Mars icons... damned flashbacks) I usually use variations instead. This is more for weird patches of color I get sometimes with LQ caps.

Glad you found the technique helpful, though.

snowflakie06 May 31 2006, 04:25:28 UTC

Thanks so much! I made some Da Vinci Code caps and this really helped the base I tried this on come out much better :)

iamtheliquorr May 31 2006, 04:27:52 UTC

Yay! Glad I could help. :)