Question for the pro's - color modes?? 1

[whoknows361]

It's been a while since i've posted here.. but I have a dilemma that I need some help with. OK, I am making a site for a client - they are selling certain products.. Let's say that I have this sweet background image that resembles wood. I have these product images come up when the user first hits the home page - (I am using flash) & then I want these images to blend into the background ( the wood) - but with slightly darker features so as to stand out.... to look like slightly darker wood themselves. I hope this makes sense.

So I have an image full of colors... how do I make all of these colors shift to a brown-like color scale, similar to how they shift to the greyscale... please help ASAP. thanks.

 

[apepp]

...the hue and saturation options may be what you are looking for. have u tried that function out with the colorize option checked?...

...something like this screenshot perhaps?...

http://www.zen63258.zen.co.uk/ahp/wood.jpg

alll the best
andrew

 

[whoknows361]

yes, thank you.. this works well.

 

[MarcusStringer]

Wow,
Do you have every program you own loaded in the dock????

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[apepp]

hi marcus!

yes, brings a smile to my face at times, most are demos really, but i work in the graphics world, the 2D progs are mine, my life depends on these beasts, how is your dock looking?

andrew

 

[MarcusStringer]

I keep it to the essentials,
The rest of them tucked away until I need them.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[apepp]

...very nice, like the background!! Your a photoshop master!!...

...must be a master dvd ripper too!...

andrew

 

[MarcusStringer]

Yeah, thanks
I have the background there in case I get lost

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[Design1]

Hey whoknows361.

You should remember that in Flash 8, making your "buttons" mc's and giving them a blend filter works just as well, with half the cost in file size. The two programs (Photoshop and Flash) compliment each other awesomly.

Oh, and setting the opacity to 30% with a grey tint of 50% (in the advanced selection panel in Flash) also works great when tweened bach to normal colour.

Happy designing.