This tutorial is done with the PSP 7.04. But you can do by following the instructions, with any current version of Paint Shop Pro

Let's do a simple job, filling an image with new colors to our liking. For this we need an image with solid colors as depending on them, we will be more or less easy to 'empty' and then apply different textures and colors that we like more.

The format could serve as Gif, as jpg., But depending on the compression rate, we make it more difficult when 'empty' colors, for that reason are used more for these jobs Gifs images. I include two pictures, one black and white gif format and one in color, for if you want to try.

Materials Here

Come to the tutorial

1 ° As always the first thing is to find the image that we have to work luckyduck.gif. To do this go to "File / Browse" Once there, press twice with the mouse cursor over the desired image and it appears in Psp.

2 ° The first thing we will be pressing the Shift + D and thus doubled. Close the original and thus no risk of lost or damaged. In the color palette, we can see if it's a gif image or not.

We see that if we go to so "Colors / Increase the number of colores/16 million colors (24 bits)

The color palette varies as follows:

Even we do anything to work well at all. * Note: Let the layers palette, you can activate by clicking this icon:

This makes us the Layers palette situarladonde mobile and maybe we can go to us:

As we can see, just as we do with the settings palette tools Psp. And press where they point fingers, we'll be collected and only to place ourselves on them, let us unfold and see the different options, so we will have always at hand and without bothering

Now we will place on the Layers Palette and go to:

Click on the 'bottom layer' with the second mouse button, it opens a drop-and there click on "Promote to Layer" (Note that the rectangle area that highlights the changes to make us act like a normal layer)

3 ° With the Magic Wand tool: configured as follows:

and holding down the shift key (notice that the magic wand with a + sign appears that the selected areas will be added) are going to click on all the white areas for 'empty' and stay only with the 'Drawing' For this to Zooming care, and 'enlarge' the image.

Go to "Edit / Clear" or just use a 'shortcut'

what it means to directly use the Delete key (Delete) and see that all the color gone soft, leaving a pattern in black with transparent background:

4 º In the Layers palette, add a new one:

Now it is very important to be clear about one issue. We will fill the image with colors at will, to paint. But we will do in this new layer we've added, we will put just below the black outline that we have:

With it selected, put the mouse cursor over it and press the left mouse button, holding down going to 'pull down' to below:

* Note: We are going to work with the two layers as follows: We select the areas that we will paint the same color, located in the 'Layer 1' but fill them we must place ourselves in the 'Layer 2' We will do this, to the landfill, it falls below the boundary and no problems with the edges that sometimes 'spoil' a good job

Placed 5 th as in 'Layer 1' activate the Magic Wand tool and holding as before, the Shift key, select all the duck's body:

Go to "Select / Modify / Enlarge" and put 1 pixel:

6 º Now in the layers palette we stand on the 'Layer 2' (it is important to remember) and without removing the selection, activate the Paint Bucket: with the following settings:

With the mouse cursor (which you can see that by passing on the Colors palette becomes the
dropper ) Located where indicated by the finger, we will choose an appropriate color (mine is # FDFB43) but let it elijáis comfortable and so well see another way to select a color

Apply the paint in one of the selected areas and see that all are completed sign with just one click Remove the selection. Select / Deselect, or simply with the magic wand click on the image with right mouse button.

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