Colorizing Elements to Match
With PSP
Have you ever
found that perfect ribbon or
button that would go with your
layout, but it’s totally the
WRONG color? I know…probably
happens a lot for those of you
who mix and match kits in your
layouts.
Colorizing
them can be somewhat tedious in
PSP, playing with the sliders to
get that exact color. Well, I
have a tip for you! Makes
colorizing quick and easy, and
works about 80% of the time.
Least that is what I have found
in my experience.
First, open a
paper you’d like to work with.
And then find an element that is
totally off. Just to give it a
whirl.
I will be
using this paper:
Along with
this ribbon.
I want this
ribbon to be purple to match my
paper, for whatever reason.
This is just a ‘practice’
session, so I am just using
whatever to give you an example.
Use your
color dropper  and
select the purple in the page.
Then go to
your color palette, and click on
the purple you have just added
to the palette.
This box will
open.
Now right
down the numbers in the H: S:
(Hue and Saturation) - You will
need them.
(In this
case, my numbers are shown
above)
Do nothing
else. Just close that window.
Open up the
ribbon or element you want to
colorize to match. Now open your
colorize option in PSP
(Adjust/Hue and
Saturation/Colorize) and enter
the H & S numbers from above
into the H: & S: fields in the
colorize screen.
You should
now have an element that is
somewhat the color of the paper
we started with. Maybe a tad
lighter or darker though….right?
Now you need
to adjust the darkness/lightness
of the element. This is where I
use Gamma Correction. (Shift
+G). Now this is the part you
have to do a little trial and
error with. Put your element on
the paper you want to match to.
Use the gamma correction to
either lighten or darken your
element. In my case it needs to
go darker, so I used 0.5 to
achieve this effect…
See how
closely the ribbon matches the
background now? You can use
this method with just about any
element you want to colorize.
Even start with colorizing the
paper then follow the elements
to match. Just remember to
write down the H & S (Hue and
Saturation) of you first
colorized element….then play
with the gamma correction to
adjust the darkness/lightness of
the element.
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