tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post1561845932804911505..comments2024-02-17T10:23:58.479-06:00Comments on Tips & Techniques: Adding color to grayscale images in InDesignKeith Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17639216496820581739noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-83579319868030328852017-01-05T20:02:24.401-06:002017-01-05T20:02:24.401-06:00How do I change the forground color of a greyscale...How do I change the forground color of a greyscale TIFF in ID. I understand you need the white arrow to change the background. This was so easy in Quark. Thank you.<br />urbanxerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05832884334568353158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-20197062192719275772015-11-24T06:21:02.315-06:002015-11-24T06:21:02.315-06:00Thank you :)Thank you :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547530934115330582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-91608566745629835302015-08-11T21:49:23.991-05:002015-08-11T21:49:23.991-05:00Thanks I knew it was somewhere. Those 2 select too...Thanks I knew it was somewhere. Those 2 select tools are confusing.Lord McSquashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06266378568542481711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-27020130780517929972013-05-14T03:03:19.708-05:002013-05-14T03:03:19.708-05:00Thnx a lot. This advice was really helpful to me a...Thnx a lot. This advice was really helpful to me and many others. Have a god day, and not just a day..<br />Zoran<br />Zorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-30869448196832954602013-02-22T06:07:32.206-06:002013-02-22T06:07:32.206-06:00Thanks Keith!
I forget how to do this every time.
...Thanks Keith!<br />I forget how to do this every time.<br />So simple (the technique & me)<br />BPSideburn Magazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17388542247621130725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-28147498384047827232012-12-07T12:05:53.339-06:002012-12-07T12:05:53.339-06:00Thank you so much - this has been driving me nuts....Thank you so much - this has been driving me nuts. I knew there must be a simple way, but none of the manuals seem to list this.<br /><br />David<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389814744942338719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-19594326732010025222012-11-06T05:24:15.833-06:002012-11-06T05:24:15.833-06:00THANK YOU!! Just spent ages trying to create a whi...THANK YOU!! Just spent ages trying to create a white silhouette with transparent background, and your post showed me in 30 seconds.<br />Something dead simple for us Quarkies :)<br />Thanks again<br />LindaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02233223313853485890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-86297743225207798942012-10-22T11:09:50.794-05:002012-10-22T11:09:50.794-05:00I've tried this on Mac with CS3 :
It works w...I've tried this on Mac with CS3 : <br /><br />It works with BMP and TIF files, but not with PSD and PNG.<br />I've not tried JPG.MyJLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-54550239630980911782012-06-08T11:59:37.137-05:002012-06-08T11:59:37.137-05:00To get Colored AND Transparent... (without making ...To get Colored AND Transparent... (without making a mask)<br /><br />turn your greyscale photoshop image into a bitmap (super highres depending on the image itself... maybe 1200 or more).<br /><br />Can change color of the image in the same manner as explained in the tip.<br /><br />(GREAT post btw, thank-you)<br /><br />JoeJoehttp://www.yesyesy.esnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-39327556879769603602011-06-11T16:13:18.962-05:002011-06-11T16:13:18.962-05:00this makes me miss Macromedia FreeHand--it was so ...this makes me miss Macromedia FreeHand--it was so easy to drop in a tiff, make it whatever color, and choose whether the background is transparent or not...<br />Now if I want to color a tiff and have transparency, I have to jump through a bunch of hoops...so sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-10677171426376199832011-05-27T09:50:23.862-05:002011-05-27T09:50:23.862-05:00@Anonymous: It sounds like you've applied a co...@Anonymous: It sounds like you've applied a color fill to the frame, not the image. You need to apply a color fill to the image contents (as you put it, "within the brown line". Select the image with the white arrow (Direct Selection) tool, and apply a fill color.Keith Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639216496820581739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-40764437246955024762011-05-26T10:13:46.189-05:002011-05-26T10:13:46.189-05:00thanks, that first, for all your comments back and...thanks, that first, for all your comments back and forth. i'm also doing something not right... behind the picture it's totally filled with solid red now, within the blue lines. (if i drag the image away (within the brown lines) i see that. but the image itself stays totally grey. what to do...? thanx, martineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-88844319586779055192011-05-21T08:29:02.684-05:002011-05-21T08:29:02.684-05:00how about pdf fileshow about pdf filesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-89652421166799216152011-05-20T09:52:46.914-05:002011-05-20T09:52:46.914-05:00Thank you!!!Thank you!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-75343490845879781562010-11-04T01:22:03.089-05:002010-11-04T01:22:03.089-05:00Thanks man.Thanks man.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14017787737166348645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-54165174386614625722010-09-17T09:33:58.129-05:002010-09-17T09:33:58.129-05:00SO HELPFUL. Thanks for the information about color...SO HELPFUL. Thanks for the information about colorizing the psd. That is exactly what I needed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-38527634819358194372010-09-08T10:05:37.250-05:002010-09-08T10:05:37.250-05:00Does anyone know how you can colour up images as a...Does anyone know how you can colour up images as above but in Adobe Illustrator? Thanks.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094608366697370489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-37661548897416279542010-04-15T12:48:52.242-05:002010-04-15T12:48:52.242-05:00Sorry, I have answered the question by using the w...Sorry, I have answered the question by using the white arrow to select the image box which you have repeatedly said so many times..Many thanks :-)<br /><br />pocketninja.co.uk<br />eyeamaman@googlemail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-45189261759639921352010-04-15T12:45:37.796-05:002010-04-15T12:45:37.796-05:00Hey Keith, landed here on your blog and my problem...Hey Keith, landed here on your blog and my problem is that I have a grey scale image set as a background but when I click a swatch, its the white area that changes colour and not the grey. So the white face fills with colour rather than the grey background!<br /><br />pocketninja.co.uk<br />eyeamaman@googlemail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-13918543332858940262010-04-15T11:43:35.451-05:002010-04-15T11:43:35.451-05:00Thanks. This has been driving me nuts. I knew it m...Thanks. This has been driving me nuts. I knew it must be something simple. I too was a Quark user...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-59454297610845542642010-04-06T16:06:00.456-05:002010-04-06T16:06:00.456-05:00@Anonymous: Are you sure you have the image select...@Anonymous: Are you sure you have the image selected with the Direct Selection (white arrow) tool? Is your image the right kind of image, as described in the original post?Keith Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639216496820581739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-53749195650741913762010-04-06T15:48:12.488-05:002010-04-06T15:48:12.488-05:00i followed all the instructions to a T,i have doub...i followed all the instructions to a T,i have double and triple checked myself...but I am unable to use the colors or the swatches, they become transparent and i cannot click on them...what could be the problem? (other than the fact that I am technologically challenged, haha). I have this due for an assignment tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-3028199542255710332009-11-20T14:01:10.654-06:002009-11-20T14:01:10.654-06:00Fantastic! That was so easy, and I never would hav...Fantastic! That was so easy, and I never would have gotten there on my own. THANKS!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12929899209562357560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-89872289401877489732009-10-28T07:52:50.938-05:002009-10-28T07:52:50.938-05:00@lsellers555: As long as your image is a grayscale...@lsellers555: As long as your image is a grayscale or bitmap PSD, TIF, BMP or JPG, you can colorize it in ID by selecting the image with the Direct Selection (white arrow) tool and then choosing a color from the Swatches panel or the Color Panel. To colorize the frame background, select the frame with the Selection (black arrow tool) and apply a color.Keith Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639216496820581739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-47082090822961655822009-10-27T13:38:23.994-05:002009-10-27T13:38:23.994-05:00This makes no sense to me.
Are you saying that for...This makes no sense to me.<br />Are you saying that for all color applied to grayscale images we need to take image into Photoshop first?<br /><br />In quark we could easily color the image, the image background AND the box fill. IS that not possible in InDesign?lsellers555https://www.blogger.com/profile/16678470740050366120noreply@blogger.com