- If you want to change a color in a photograph, it doesn't have to be painted over pixel by pixel. It only takes a few clicks to completely replace a color in Paint Shop Pro. Go to the "Learning Center" palette and click "Retouch and Restore." Choose "Color Changer." This will bring up the "Materials" palette. Select the color that you want to use as replacement color. For instance, if you want to change a yellow raincoat in a photo to green, choose the green color. Use the "Tolerance Control" on the "Tool Options" to determine how the color is replaced. The lower the number, the more carefully the color is replaced. If you set the control at "1," it will replace only the exact color that you clicked on, so if the raincoat has any shadows or slight color variations, those places will not be replaced. It is best to start your "Tolerance Control" out at a number somewhere in the middle, such as "50." You can always "Undo" the replacement and choose a new "Tolerance Control" if the color replacement was too much or too little. Once the new color is set, simply click on the color that you want to replace on the photo; in this example the raincoat and all instances of that yellow will be replaced with green.
- By employing depth of field, you can have a perfectly focused object in the front of your image while leaving the background out of focus. This technique draws attention to the main subject. If you haven't quite gotten the depth of field feature down on your camera, you can add it to your photos in Paint Shop Pro. To adjust depth of field, go to the "Adjust" option on the "Learning Center." When the "Adjust" box opens, choose "Advanced Adjustments." "Depth of Field" is one of the options. The Depth of Field tool will open with your photo displayed twice, in "Before" and "After" boxes. To create depth of field, choose either the circular or rectangular marquee tool in the "Area of Focus" section. Use the tool to draw an outline around the part of the photo in the Before box that you would like to keep in focus. This will keep this part of the photo in its original state. Slide the blur slider to blur the background, and watch the changes take effect in the photo in the After box.
