Converting colored icons to monochrome

[Abbeypan]

Hello, Experts,

I work for a software company and I am looking for a way to convert hundreds of colored icons like the following:



To one-color monochrome icons like this:



There are hundreds and hundreds of icons in our system so to completely redraw them is not an option at this time.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[hawkeye]

Use Threshold to turn them into black and white, then a Selective Color adjustment layer targeting the black and white colors. This could be done with an action.

 

[Abbeypan]

Thank you. I think this will work, but one more question. I actually need the "blue" parts to be "white" and the "white" parts to be transparent.

Thoughts on how to do that? I don't think the color adjustment layer will do the trick.

 

[hawkeye]

Use Threshold to make it black and white then use Select Color Range to select the black and delete the selection. That will leave you with white and transparent.