Adobe photoshop elements 用户手册
CHAPTER 3
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Working with Color
If you are changing a range of colors, Photoshop
Elements creates a gradient in the color table
between the starting and ending colors. The first
color you choose in the Color Picker is the
beginning color for the range. When you click OK,
the Color Picker reappears so that you can choose
the last color in the range.
Elements creates a gradient in the color table
between the starting and ending colors. The first
color you choose in the Color Picker is the
beginning color for the range. When you click OK,
the Color Picker reappears so that you can choose
the last color in the range.
The colors you selected in the Color Picker are
placed in the range you selected in the Color Table
dialog box.
placed in the range you selected in the Color Table
dialog box.
5
Click Preview to view the results of the changes
you have made to the image.
6
Click OK in the Color Table dialog box to apply
the new colors to the indexed-color image.
To assign transparency to a single color:
1
Choose Image > Mode > Color Table.
2
Select the eyedropper, and click the desired
color in the table or in the image. The sampled
color is replaced with transparency in the image.
color is replaced with transparency in the image.
3
Click OK to close the color table.
To use a predefined color table:
1
Choose Image > Mode > Color Table.
2
Select an option from the Table menu:
Black Body
Displays a palette based on the
different colors a blackbody radiator emits as it
is heated—from black to red, orange, yellow,
and white.
is heated—from black to red, orange, yellow,
and white.
Grayscale
Displays a palette based on 256 levels of
gray—from black to white.
Spectrum
Displays a palette based on the colors
produced as white light passes through a prism—
from violet, blue, and green to yellow, orange,
and red.
from violet, blue, and green to yellow, orange,
and red.
System (Windows)
Displays the standard
Windows 256-color system palette.
System (Mac OS)
Displays the standard Mac OS
256-color system palette.
To save a color table for use with other images:
Click the Save button in the Color Table
dialog box. (See “Using the Swatches palette” on
page 76 for information on saving color tables.)
dialog box. (See “Using the Swatches palette” on
page 76 for information on saving color tables.)
To load a saved color table:
Click the Load button in the Color Table dialog
box. Once you load a color table into an image, the
colors in the image change to reflect the color
positions they reference in the new color table.
box. Once you load a color table into an image, the
colors in the image change to reflect the color
positions they reference in the new color table.
Note: You can also load saved color tables into the
Swatches palette. (See “Using the Swatches palette”
on page 76.)
Swatches palette. (See “Using the Swatches palette”
on page 76.)
Choosing foreground and
background colors
background colors
Photoshop Elements uses the foreground color to
paint, fill, and stroke selections and shapes, and
the background color to make gradient fills and fill
in the erased areas of an image. The foreground
and background colors are also used by some
special effects filters.
paint, fill, and stroke selections and shapes, and
the background color to make gradient fills and fill
in the erased areas of an image. The foreground
and background colors are also used by some
special effects filters.