How can I change the color of a black and white sketch drawing?

[geoxy]

Hello all,

Baptizing the forum with my first question. I created my first simple drawing in photoshop by retracing a picture on a business card.

The result is the following, which I mistakenly traced in black.


I actually want the black to be navy blue and I can't figure out how to simply change the color on the black "lines."

I thought I could do a select all, inverse, and then color it, but that didn't work.

Any suggestions on how to easily do this?

Thanks!

 

[hawkeye]

There are a number of ways, a selective color adjustment layer is just one.

 

[geoxy]

Thanks for the quick response.

Went into photoshop, and from the menu, selected layer/new adjustment layer/selective color.

A dialog box appeared that has some fields:
A field where you give it a name, then a checkbox that says:
Use previous layer to create clipping mask


a color dropdown box, and a mode dropdown box.
Also opacity.


I clicked the checkbox
then clicked ok, but didn't see any color changes.
Obviously, i don't know much about these selections so god knows what I have to select.
Found some youtube videos using a search for selective color, but can't quite achieve how your screenshot looks.

I'll keep on searching.

 

[ibclare]

When the dialog box comes up for new layer, ignore all that and just click OK. You don't need it to be a clipping layer unless the selective color will affect other layers.

Then just copy exactly what you see in Hawkeye's screen capture. I guarantee you it will work.

 

[geoxy]

ibclare, thanks for the tip.
I was changing the color to blue on that dialog box.
It all works thanks to hawkeye too.
Photoshop is daunting!