Change an image color

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Michelle_L
Aug 21, 2008
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Hi, I have a background image like this
<http://www.iconaholic.com/downloads.html#> (scroll right down the bottom to the blue swirly background)

I’d like to keep the swirl lines blue but make the solid parts of the background white. I have tried obvious things like magic wand, some filters, etc. but nothing I try seems to work.

Any suggestions please?
Thank-you.
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Silkrooster
Aug 21, 2008
There are a couple of threads on this forum about changing colors. Go through the adjustment layers and see how they effect a single color. Check out hue/saturation, selective color, even channel mixer.
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John Joslin
Aug 21, 2008
I’d like to keep the swirl lines blue but make the solid parts of the background white.

Looking at that image it’s hard to understand what you want to achieve – it’s all swirl lines!
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Silkrooster
Aug 22, 2008
When I looked at it. I thought the swirled lines were white blended over the blue background.
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Michelle_L
Aug 22, 2008
When I open up the high resolution image in PS the lines look a pale blue. Either way I just want a white version of this instead of blue and for the thin lines to just be the visible part, in a pale blue.
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Freeagent
Aug 22, 2008
You’d need to do it globally to keep the integrity of the image.

Try Invert, Hue/sat with the Hue slider at 180°, and finish it off with Levels or Curves.
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Phosphor
Aug 22, 2008
How about this for a radical idea:

Make one of your own! Choose any colors you want!

<http://dr-photoshop.com/tutorials/index.php?id=60> < http://psdtuts.com/tutorials-effects/creating-a-mac-type-bac kground-in-photoshop/>
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Freeagent
Aug 22, 2008
Nice…but orange?

Here’s my desktop. As you can see, I’m heavily into Zen:

< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1tDcPScMVU6MtGlru5 OGxIKhcffQi0>
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Phosphor
Aug 22, 2008
Some people don’t care about busy, or colored Backgrounds (a/k/a "Wallpapers). It might be less of an issue with Windows users because applications usually cover the entire screen area with their own UI.

As a Maccer, the background is often visible, so I just can’t abide busy or bright.

Then again, I really don’t like flat dead gray, so I’ve settled on using calm B+W images. This one comes with the Mac OS, and suits my eyes and brain just fine:

< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=105CmVqkMWt5LDYFfn bWYnCENZ92dm>
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Michelle_L
Aug 23, 2008
ok thanks freeagent about invert/ hue etc. idea, had a try but couldn’t seem to get it happening. Was interested in these other links to recreate it, thanks. I am wanting it for a web site background. Didn’t realise it was an OS wallpaper though.
The tutorials look good and I’ll have a better read and look later when I have more time and see if I can work out how to do them with white solid parts and the lines blue.
Thank you, you have been helpful.

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