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How does the Replace Color item under Adjust under the Image menu work.  I am trying to replace a color with another very specific color and I am not having any luck.  I don't want to select the current color and fill it with the new color.  The selection has a pattern to it.  I'd really like to know how the Replace Color function works.  I can't see to find any help in the books that I have or in the Photoshop help menu for this.
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Hi stefanie,
I've always found "replace color" to be a rather clumsy tool. Try this instead:
1) select the portion of the image (I prefer one of the lasso tools, personally). Under the Select menu choose Feather and choose a radius of 1 or 2 pixels.
2)Desaturate your selection. Then click on the foreground color picker and select the precise color you want.
3) Under Edit choose Fill. In the dialog box change the mode from Normal to Color and click OK.
4) If your new color is "too much" Undo, and do it again. This time, though, lower the Opacity in the Fill dialog box. If it is too light create a new layer for the selection. then copy that layer and change the layer mode to Multiply. sometimes more than one copy layer may be needed. And don't forget, you can always play with that layer's Opacity to get you home.

Hope this helps

Paul
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