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Red=Grey? - Lt.LowSelfEsteem - 04-16-2018
So I've been working on this picture, but I've run into a roadblock.
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I want to make this black bat red. So I use the fuzzy select tool ad highlight the bat.
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I select my desired shade of red and click on the bucket tool, all is going according to plan.
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So I click on the bat with my bucket selected and...
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What? This isn't just exclusive to red, with green it turns to a lighter grey and with yellow it turns white. What am I missing so that I can make the bat the color I've actually selected?
RE: Red=Grey? - rich2005 - 04-16-2018
Best guess.
Your image is in either grayscale mode or indexed mode that only contains grey colours.
Check in Gimp menu Image -> Mode and if not RGB enable RGB
RE: Red=Grey? - Lt.LowSelfEsteem - 04-16-2018
(04-16-2018, 04:06 PM)rich2005 Wrote: Best guess.
Your image is in either grayscale mode or indexed mode that only contains grey colours.
Check in Gimp menu Image -> Mode and if not RGB enable RGB
Worked perfectly, thank you.