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

Let's do a simple job, filling an image with new colors to our liking. For that 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, jpg and., Although depending on the compression rate, we 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 colors, 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 on Psp.

2 ° The first thing we will be pressing the Shift + D and thus doubled. We close the original so there is no danger of losing it or damaging it. In the color palette, we can see if it's a gif image format or not.

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

The color palette varies as follows:

But even we have to do anything to work well at all. * Note: Go to the Layers palette, you can activate by clicking this icon:

This makes us the layers palette mobile and better able we will situarladonde us:

As we can see, just as we do with the palette configuration tools Psp. And where they point fingers pressing, we who are gathered 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 area that highlights the rectangle changes to let 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 adding anger targeted areas) we will touch on all areas of white for 'empty' and stay only with the 'Drawing' To do with Care will use the Zoom, and 'agrandaremos' image.

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

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

4 ° In the layers palette, add a new one:

Now it is very important to be clear about one issue. Let's fill the image with color as we like to paint it. But we will do in this new layer we've added, we will put just below the black border that we have:

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

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

Located 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 / Zoom" and put 1 pixel:

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

With the mouse cursor (I can see that by passing on the Color Palette becomes the
dropper ) Located where indicated by the finger, we will choose an appropriate color (mine is # FDFB43) but we left it at home and so elijáis also see another way to select a color

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

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