56_kruiser Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 I am wanting to change the larger rectangle to the same color as the smaller brown square. When starting, the larger rectangle is white. In the picture below, what I did was use the dropper to click in the small brown square (have tried multiple locations in it from the darker part to lighter part), then select the larger rectangle and change the RGB settings to the same as they are when I click on the brown square. In the picture below is the resuslts of how the white changes based on the rgb colors after I clicked the brown square. It has not hint of brown at all. Any thoughts on what am I doint wrong or misunderstanding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 You have one thing with a few shades of brown going to Black, and another thing with a few shades of brown going to White. The shades of brown look quite similar to my eye, so I have to ask if you are wanting the White to be Black? Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Maybe a gradient map will do the trick 1. B&W adjustment 2. match brightness / contrast 3. select 2-3 colors for gradient map vorhang.afphoto Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 2 hours ago, 56_kruiser said: I am wanting to change the larger rectangle to the same color as the smaller brown square. Neither of these shapes has just one color so I wonder if you have filled each of them with a different bitmap pattern via the Gradient Tool > Type: Bitmap option. If not, can you explain a bit more about how you got each shape to have more than one fill color? It might also help if you could post a screenshot of the Layers panel or an example afphoto file. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56_kruiser Posted December 27, 2021 Author Share Posted December 27, 2021 I don't have that exact item now to show the layers panel, but there was nothing in the layers panel than the first capture. So, for example, I just tried this: I did a regional screen capture of to top area, such as the attached image. So with the Recolor Adjustment tool, I can drage it for different colors that apply to the image, which changes all levels of that color fine, it does not just cover it with a block of the new color. What I'd like to do is to be able to do that to change the color to brown (or what ever color I want). But with my base knowledge, I can't achieve brown, as it is a combination of different colors which I can't achieve by dragging the Hue, Saturation or Lightness bars. or entering RGB, or RGB Hex humbers. For instance: If I enter 150,75, 0, I get this: on the image above: Similar results if I try RGB Hex, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 The difference is only lightness, not color (hue, saturation). Recolor will not help as it preserves the lightness. Using curves or gradient map will deliver the desired result. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56_kruiser Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share Posted December 28, 2021 Thanks. I'll experiment with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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