: Converting a greyscale image to a single solid colour with Photoshop, while preserving transparency I have a grey scale image, with transparency. How can I convert this to one solid specific

@Moriarity648

My way of dealing with this (i have to do it a lot actually), is i copy the layer i want to convert into a new temporary grayscale document, then convert it to a monotone using the specific hex number. then plop it back into the orig file, and just hide the orig layer (incase i need to go back for some reason, or change the color). Maybe it seems a bit weird of a way to do it, i just like treating it like im using a photocopier as opposed to all that layer jockeying.. but to each their own.

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@Sarah814

Looks like you want to get that nice, silhouette effect. How about using color overlays since parts of the image already has transparency?

Layer> layer style> color overlay

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@Ogunnowo857

Select All and Copy (cmd/ctrl+A, then cmd/ctrl+C) and then create a new fill layer (Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color). Click ok on the first dialogue box and then select a color.
Now your layer panel should look like this:



Now alt-Click on the Layer Mask of your fill layer (the white box next to the layer thumbnail). Now you can directly edit the layer mask: Just Paste the b/w-image you copied before in the now empty, white workspace (cmd/ctrl+V) and invert the “colors” by pressing cmd/ctrl+I.



You can leave the layer mask mode simply by clicking anywhere in the layers panel.
Now you just have to delete your original black and white layer and you’re done.

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@Gail6891361

If I understand your question correctly:

First, make sure that you are in RGB mode. (image > mode)

Right-click the layer you want to convert to a solid color, and click blending options.

In this window, go to the color overlay tab on the left, and in the right pane choose a color.

Looks like this. (image from here)



Is that what you were looking for?

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