good evening dear Dr_ava_shamban
good day dear richt2005
first of all - youre wellcome - a great wellcome to the forum
(08-12-2025, 03:50 PM)Dr_ava_shamban Wrote: Wow, this is an incredibly detailed and helpful thread. A huge thank you to everyone who provided such clear, step-by-step instructions.
The screenshots and visuals make the process so much easier to understand, especially for those of us who are still learning to use GIMP. Using layers and curves seems like a powerful way to get precise results. This is a great resource for anyone looking to re-color parts of an image without affecting the whole picture!
...hope youre all right and everything goes well at your site:
i only can second your statement: Rich2005 and his contributions to this thread are just overwhelming. I am very glad to have him here - he is so supportive and incredible clear in his explanations - just awesome:
today - i think i need to extend the thread a bit - ( and hope that there is nothing redundand and said serveral times before)
...we talked about the recoloring of some parts in the foreground - (the dots) and i guess that the work of "recoloring" other parts should be pretty similar. Now, to be more concrete : what about the background - what if we want to re-colorize the so called background - i guess that we have similar methods, techniques and options - don t we?!
so lets write it down the topic of the day: "how to recolor an certain thing on with some of the above mentionend techniques, options and methods?"
- or - could i just use the allready written down processes, methods and options?
That said: to write down things is a way of learning for me. This method is helpful for me - in fact: only in the act of writing for me thoughts take shape, connections become apparent, and previously unimagined insights emerge. This is how knowledge is generated through writing - at least here for me - (and according the famous writer Heinrich Kleist).
to sume it up: hmm i guess that we have
multiple Options here to do that: we could make use of (some) various tools and techniques, including the so called
"Colorize" filter, or besides that the so called "
Color Exchange" filter!?
Or if that all does not functions - we are able to even make use of the so called "
Fuzzy Select" tool in combination with other tools for more targeted changes: Hmmm - these tools allow uns to adjust the
hue,
saturation, and
lightness of specific colors or areas within the image.
Again sorry if these words and things do not add anything new to the thread. For me learning comes from " talking and writing [and of course doing things like experimenting - so i will
digg deeper later tonight - and try out all these steps that i have written about here])
in fact: Well i think thats the best thing to write down some of the according methods and techniques a breakdown of common methods - that way i can learn these things.
Please have a closer look at the writing - and if some thing does not fit very well here - just inform me - so that i can correct the stuff - add more and better things and keep on with good and learned stuff here:
here some ideas that i think, they should work:
1. Colorize Filter:
a. "Selection:" First, we ought to select the area of the image we want to recolor using tools like the F
uzzy Select (Color Select) tool or the Free Select ( sometimes its called the "funny" Lasso) tool.
b. "Colorize:" now we need to have to go to Colors > Colorize: This step is important and it opens a dialog box where we can adjust the hue, saturation, and lightness to achieve the desired color we wanna have here.
2. Color Exchange Filter:
afaik we can use the so called "Select Source Color" Option too: Therefore we may use the Color Exchange filter by going the way down in the menu (Filters > Enhance > Color Exchange) to specify the certain color we want to replace.
....and - very important - afterwards - we could use the so called "Select Target Color"-method: with that we can choose the new color we want to use as a replacement. After all we can use the "Adjust Range" and do a "Fine-tune" of the color range using the "From" and "To" sliders to ensure the filter only affects the intended colors.
by the way: see the image - i want to change the background:
see the image:
https://imgur.com/a/HZsKXTA
![[Image: the-shot.png]](https://i.postimg.cc/BX4wTN2b/the-shot.png)
which method would you apply here !?
i guess that there are some more methods left - which i did not mention..hee.
and sorry once again - i wrote it down since this method is helpful for me: Only in the act of writing for me thoughts take shape, connections become apparent, and previously unimagined insights emerge. This is how knowledge is generated through writing.
greetings to you..
look forward to hear from you
yours saint_m
regarding the learning mehtod: "
On the gradual formation of thoughts while speaking"
cf:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cber_...beim_Reden
Quote:In this letter to Otto August Rühle von Lilienstern, Heinrich von Kleist advises him to solve problems he cannot resolve through meditation by talking to others. It is not important that the other person is familiar with the subject; what matters is that you discuss it yourself. This method is the best way to educate yourself: "The idea comes through speaking." Kleist himself came up with this idea when he was stuck while pondering an algebraic problem, but found a solution while talking to his sister.
And yes: learning derives and comes also from doing - and of course doing things like experimenting - so i will digg deeper later tonight - and try out all these steps that i have written about here])
