Is It Possible To Alter GIF Files

[lufbra]

Hi there. :)

I'm trying to create a new skin for my forums, which means having a "curved" effect around pretty much everything, rather than the basic "squared" look. I have got this image...

http://s94031368.onlinehome.us/pictures/top_left.gif

But it's not the colour I want, and I was wondering if there's a turorial anywhere that would show me how to change the colours, but keep the same "effect", rather than just creating one solid colour? :)

[Scott]

With Photoshop you could add a hue/saturation adjustment layer and set it to the color you need, then mask the edge to keep the background white.

I don't know of any specific tutorial lufbra

[libra]

Gifs usually are in indexed colour mode, it is easier to change the colour if you go to edit>mode and change it to RBG to work on it. Hope that helps ;) When you save it for web again it should revert back to indexed...

[TrinityOfOne]

Maybe a tutorial on creating the button from scratch? That way, you could make it whatever colour you want. Have a look at good-tutorials.com, there's is almost certainly something there.

[Siouxie]

or grab a selection of the button make a new layer above, fill the selection with the color you want and then turn the layer to color mode.

It will then have a blue, yellow (or whatever color you choose) shade
thats normally the way i do it
if you want the color to be strongen duplicate the color layer and set it to multiply or overlay (just try the layer modes out and play with the opacity)

[lufbra]

Thanks guys, but unfortunately I'm not that image program savvy, I can open up pictures, change the style/effects of them with what's alrady available, but when it comes to using tools and layers etc, I'm totally flummoxed. :(

[Siouxie]

you can also select the layer by holding ctrl and click on it than go to layer - style - colerfil and give it a color and there change the layer mode in the menu and the opacity
should be no problem
if you still have one just ask

[lufbra]

Thanks, I just tried that but everything under Layer is greyed out. :(