[csjwolfe]

In Photoshop CS, the color replacement tool is leaving brush edge marks instead of smooth color. It happens whether I use a mouse or the Wacom tablet. I have tried it on several different computers both Mac Powerbook G4. a high-end HP notebook and an older Compaq. Any suggestions?

[Flora]

Hi csjwolfe,

Welcome to RetouchPRO!

I'm also using Photoshop CS ... after reading your post, I've tried every variation and option for the Color Replacement Tool to see if I could 'reproduce' your problem ... no go ... it always paints smoothly .... I only use a mouse ..... Is your Wacom tablet new? ... Could it be that the software coming with it is 'interfering' with the Photoshop brushes presets? ....

Sorry I can't help you more ... I'm moving your Thread to the "Software Forum" ... Maybe someone there had a similar problem ....

[Stroker]

Wow. I didn't know there was a colour replacement tool.
I did a little playing after finding it. By playing with Tolerance I was able to get some hard brush edges. Like really low Tolerance, and I could make the edges worse by changing Sampling.

[byRo]

Stroker, maybe that's the answer....

csjwolfe, welcome to RetouchPRO

Without seeing the image(s) that you are manipulating, here goes a hunch.
It could be that although the image may look pretty smooth, in fact the colours are quite noisy.

(Without separating the colours from the Luminosity [greyscale] information it is very difficult for our eyes too "see" detailed colour information)

What we could do then is to blur the colours a little while leaving the luminosity untouched....

Try this...(on a new copy of the image)
- Duplicate the layer (<Ctrl><J>);
- Set the blending of the new layer to Color - nothing has happened yet;
- Blur this new layer slightly (increase the radius until you perceive the blurring, then back off a little);
- Merge the two layers back together (<Ctrl><E>)

Now try the colour replacement.

Rô