Scanned Form Turns Pink When Text Is Added

I have scanned a form into PSE 2.0, my objective being to enter text in it. When I type on the form, it turns pink and the typed data appears white. When I click outside of the form to get it back to black and white, the typing disappears. I have scanned in using psd and tif formats. I'm on a Mac G4, running OS 10.3.4. Anyone have any ideas?

Either your image is in Indexed color, or you are using Type Mask Tool rather than Type Tool.

Mac

Thanks Mac; I am using the Type Tool, so perhaps the image is in Indexed color. One problem: What is indexed color?

Bernie

Bernie, Go to image>mode and be sure that 'RGB' is checked.

here is a good link that gives you an idea on color modes and what they do or are used for;

<http://www.users.muohio.edu/gallmt/page10.htm>

Indexed is 256 max colors, among other limitations.
Full RGB has 16 million possibilities.
Once you go to index, you don't get any colors back converting to RGB though, but RGB mode is still necessary for many editing functions.

Oh, you know what...you meantion scanned form...you might even be in bitmap mode, only TWO "colors", black and white?

Mac

Jodt & Mac:

Thanks to both of you for your advice and patience. I was in bitmap mode. When I switched to Grayscale or RGB, I was able to try to type on my form and it remaind black and white. I say tried to type because no typing was displayed. Any thoughts about this?

Bernie

first things first, after clicking the type tool go to toolbar just above your screen and look for 'reset tool'. Click on that. After you get that out of the way, be sure your type layer is above your image and that you aren't typing in the same color as your image. Come back if that doesn't work.....we always have other ways.

Jodi,

I did that just the other night ... AND spent ages trying to work out what was wrong.

Wendy

Jodi: Your suggesions worked! Thank you.

Bernie

Hey, I joined moments ago for help on just this problem. The comments from all of you were immediately helpful. I had opened a previously made B&W *.gif file; after I read your remarks, I put it in gray scale mode. That worked! Thanks. John