PhotoShop Q

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I have an animated gif that I would like to change a color but heres the slightly hard part I don't want to just make it flat (I want to keep the tones and shading)

oh and I'm a bit of a PS n00b
I found ep 84 but I can't seem to get it quite right and I want all the frams to have the same change

this is the pic http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/Ford_Dude/hood.gif
and I want to replace the hood color with a dark green

here's an atempt I think I did it poorly
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/Ford_Dude/hood1.gif

[arclight]

I have *very* limited experience with animated GIFs so this might make no sense or be impossible...

Couldn't you create a new layer in P'shop with just the hood, colored the way you like it, and keep it on top when recompiling (or whatever you call it) the GIF?

[1_1_1]

PS makes each frame a layer although there are some odd ways that transparent sections that overlap non-transparent go to gather in animation

I'm not sure

[arclight]

Okay...gave it a quick try.

Pulled out the frames. Selected and recolored the hood, making it its own layer on top.

Needs tweaking but it works in principle, I think.

[1_1_1]

thats good (and better shade of green)

my PS skills really stink I tried to select just the hood but was never happy with my selection

[arclight]

I dunno. I think you did okay on that.

I picked a green I liked. Did a 'hue/saturation' (with colorize checked) on the whole frame to get the hood a color I liked. Then I used quickmask to get the hood selected and deleted the rest of it.

Oh, and I had to go in and fill in some transparent areas in it.