how to switch the color of the theme? tut req
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Started by Vinc3, Jan 15 2006 08:22 AM
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Posted 15 January 2006 - 08:22 AM
how to switch the color of the theme? tut req
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Posted 15 January 2006 - 02:46 PM
just open that image in photoshop. create a new layer. add a color to the new layer. and change the new layers blending mode to "color". its so easy i dont think you'd find a tutorial on it.. but then again.. try searching in the tut index
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Posted 15 January 2006 - 06:15 PM
Or hit CNTR+U and play around with the sliders
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Posted 16 January 2006 - 03:59 AM
U can also push CTRL+B for the Color Balance menu with which u just might come out with better outcome then with the hue/saturtion opiton.
But neither will help u all the way, as the logo will be affected as well. So u will have to or remove it, using the healinb brush tool (2x ctrl+j) or copy it to a new layer above the background so it will not be affected during the changes. There is a drop shadow on the small xp logo, so u will not want to copy that, because u need the color of the drop shadow to change with the color of the whole background.
But neither will help u all the way, as the logo will be affected as well. So u will have to or remove it, using the healinb brush tool (2x ctrl+j) or copy it to a new layer above the background so it will not be affected during the changes. There is a drop shadow on the small xp logo, so u will not want to copy that, because u need the color of the drop shadow to change with the color of the whole background.
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Posted 16 January 2006 - 05:25 PM
Off course,
just for the record,
You will have a nice variant on the theme, but that will not give you this variant as a theme in your windows(/system) preferences.
The most you can do is use that file as a background picture.
You need other programs to do that.
just for the record,
You will have a nice variant on the theme, but that will not give you this variant as a theme in your windows(/system) preferences.
The most you can do is use that file as a background picture.
You need other programs to do that.
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Posted 17 January 2006 - 12:25 AM
Yeah and when asking for help why not expand a little on what you want? Posting a picture of a Windows wallpaper and then asking to "switch the color of the theme" is pretty vague.
If, like everyone else has been leading me to believe, you just want to change the hue then you can do what people said above, but there is a better way.
Open up the image in Photoshop and add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. In Photoshop CS2, the icon to do this is at the bottom of the Layers palette, fourth one over. Clicking it will bring up your available options, just choose what I said above. An alternate way to do it is to go to Layer » New Adjustment Layer » Hue/Saturation...
Once you have selected it, a dialog will come up with a few sliders. If you look down at the bottom there's a Colorize check box -- check that -- and now your image should become monochromatic (one color). Doing this will have the same effect as creating a new layer above the image, filling it with a color, then setting the blending option to Color. But doing it this way gives you a lot more control.
To change the color, move the Hue slider left and right to the desired hue, if it's not vivid enough, then move the Saturation slider, etc.
But doing this, like other people said, will affect the Windows logo as well. You'll need to separate it from the rest of the image if you want to keep it the same colors.
If, like everyone else has been leading me to believe, you just want to change the hue then you can do what people said above, but there is a better way.
Open up the image in Photoshop and add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. In Photoshop CS2, the icon to do this is at the bottom of the Layers palette, fourth one over. Clicking it will bring up your available options, just choose what I said above. An alternate way to do it is to go to Layer » New Adjustment Layer » Hue/Saturation...
Once you have selected it, a dialog will come up with a few sliders. If you look down at the bottom there's a Colorize check box -- check that -- and now your image should become monochromatic (one color). Doing this will have the same effect as creating a new layer above the image, filling it with a color, then setting the blending option to Color. But doing it this way gives you a lot more control.
To change the color, move the Hue slider left and right to the desired hue, if it's not vivid enough, then move the Saturation slider, etc.
But doing this, like other people said, will affect the Windows logo as well. You'll need to separate it from the rest of the image if you want to keep it the same colors.
Edited by sq3r, 17 January 2006 - 12:26 AM.
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