REPLACING SELECTED COLOURS

 

Sometimes you might want to change the colour of a character or object within a scene you have already created. It`s a good idea to choose specific colours for your main characters and to avoid using that particular colour for anything else in a scene because if you want to replace a colour using this facility it will replace ALL instances of that colour on a chosen level or throughout all levels of the scene depending on which option you choose.

 

To start replacing colours you need to choose a frame within the level you want to process by clicking on the Dope Sheet to bring up the Dope Sheet Edit Form as below....

Select the Replace Selected Colours button then left-click on the Do It! button. You will then see the Model Control Form form, as below.

 

 

Left click the Colour > Pick Colour From Image menu item.

Then select the colour that you want to replace from the image by left-clicking on it. You then need to select a colour that you want to use as a replacement by clicking on the Choose New Colour button.....

 

This will bring up a colour dialogue box from which you can choose the colour you want.

You then need to choose whether you want to replace the colour on just the current selected Dope Sheet level or if you want to replace the colour on all the Dope Sheet levels. The default is the single level but to choose an option click on the Replace Colours menu item and choose from the sub-menu as below...

 

Having chosen which option to use then click on the Replace Colour button...

The programme will then run through the images and change the selected colour, showing each image in turn. If you decide you don`t like the new choice of colour you can simply go through the whole process again changing to another colour.

When your task is complete click on the Back To Main Form button.

 

 

 

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