Adjusting Hue on a Transparent background

[Kludar]

Hey All,

I am a Photoshop noobie. I have been trying out some stuff I found in tutorials online. A pretty neat text style I found was this tutorial...

http://www.n-sane.net/text-effects/shoc ... /index.php

I was able to make my own version of this quite easily by following the instructions. I decided to make it a little more customizable by putting the text on a transparent background, instead of the black that the guide's author uses. I thought this would be easy, but I am running into a problem with adding color to the text.

As you can see from the guide, the author adjusts the Hue of the text to give it its blueish tint. The problem I am having is that, when I do this on the text with a transparent background, changing the Hue doesn't affect the text color in any way.

It seems as though, in order for the Text's hue to be altered, I need to first merge the text layer onto the black background.

So my question is... Is there any way that I can adjust the Hue of the text to alter the color as done in the black background version, but still keep the background transparent?

*I should note that I have been able to change the color of the text by adjusting the Blending options to give it a color overlay. The problem with doing it this way is the end result just doesn't look the same as it would if I could adjust the Hue.

Would make life a lot easier if I could just use the black background as a means to get the Hue color on the text, then get rid of it. But I dont know if that's possible.

Thanks a bunch for the help!!

[®Andy Flash®]

just off the top of my head, could you not do it the same as usual and then magic wand > delete the background? just an idea.

[Kludar]

just off the top of my head, could you not do it the same as usual and then magic wand > delete the background? just an idea.

Perhaps I don't know enough about the magic wand tool. Like I said, I am quite a noobie. But when I select it with the magic wand, regardless of how I adjust the tolerance, It always comes out with either a rough nasty black border, or I end up cutting out portions of the graphics.

[rachjm]

As you can see from the guide, the author adjusts the Hue of the text to give it its blueish tint. The problem I am having is that, when I do this on the text with a transparent background, changing the Hue doesn't affect the text color in any way.

It seems as though, in order for the Text's hue to be altered, I need to first merge the text layer onto the black background.

Hi Kludar,

There is a very simple explanation for why this is happening. Take a look at the picture below:



As you can see, when your brightness is set to 100% (ie. when you're working with PURE white) it makes no difference where the Hue slider is. White is white - it doesn't have a colour, so you can't alter its hue.

Notice that even when you change the hue in the 'merged with black' version, the center of the text (ie the part that's PURE white) remains white.

I know this isn't very helpful. Basically what I'm saying is that you can't use this method to produce this effect on a transparent background...

[Kludar]

I see.

So the Hue is doing its job fine, it is just that I am dealing with pure whites and pure blacks.

I guess that kind of leaves things stumped. Would be nice to use the black background just as a catalyst to change the text color, then get rid of it, but it seems like that isn't an option except for magic wand....which doesn't doa very good job

Blah, oh well, thanks anyways

[rachjm]

Hi again,

I think I've worked out a way of doing this:

1 - Delete your black background and replace it with a white one. (Not to merge or do anything with - it's just so that you can see what you're doing. )
2 - Take your warped/rippled/rasterised text layer and add an outer glow to it - just a small one. Use settings: Blend Mode=Normal, Opacity=100%, Colour=Black, Spread & Size=1. Leave other settings at their default.
3 - Add a new blank layer above your ripple-text, and then merge the two together (this rasterises the outer glow layer style)
4 - Adjust the hue as per the tutorial and then continue with the rest of the steps

It's not perfect, but it's the best fix I could come up with - hope you get a chance to try it!

Rach