# Plz Help: Covert Image From Multicolorz To Just 2 Colorz
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453
**Category:** design
**Created:** [May 21, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453 "2003-05-21T19:01:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@playboy\_94804](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/playboy_94804)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/1 "2003-05-21T19:01:12Z")
HI ALL,
I JUST SCANNED A PIC OF ME (A COLOR PHOTO OF ME), BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THIS PIC HERE
[http://www.geocities.com/playboy\_94804/guy.bmp](http://www.geocities.com/playboy_94804/guy.bmp)
OR THIS ONE HERE
[http://www.geocities.com/playboy\_94804/guy.bmp](http://www.geocities.com/playboy_94804/guy.bmp)
HERE IS THE PIC OF ME
[http://www.geocities.com/playboy\_94804/blake.bmp](http://www.geocities.com/playboy_94804/blake.bmp)
DOSE ANYONE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS, OR KNOW OF AN GOOD TUTORIALS?
PLEZ!!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/2 "2003-05-21T19:21:45Z")
i can see any of those pictures. but i will take a shot in the tark that you want it black and white.
for B&W in Photoshop:
There are two ways of going about this i will go through them both.
Ok open up the picture that you want to convert to a grayscale. Go to \*\*Image | Mode | Grayscale \*\* click yes for what ever the popup says.
Number Two:
This is better cause you can chose what you want to be b&w. Open up the image you want and choose the brush tool. at the top make the mode of the brush Color. then just paint what you want to be b&w.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/3 "2003-05-21T19:23:51Z")
if you want just 2 colors, convert it to black and white, then up the contrast to 100 and then just color in the blocks with the color you want
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/4 "2003-05-21T19:26:48Z")
here’s what i did with high contrast and playing with the gradient modes
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/5 "2003-05-21T19:48:01Z")
yup… thats exactly what i was sayin
i hope thats what you meant
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/6 "2003-05-21T20:34:12Z")
youguys are awsome. ya hit the nail right on the head.,…
THAT’S EXSACTLY WHAT I WANTED IT TO LOOK LIKE
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
MUCH LUV
BLAKE AKA PLAYBOY\_94804
URL
www.fullclipz.com
EMAIL:
[info@fullclipz.com](mailto:info@fullclipz.com)
[playboy\_94804\_@yahoo.com](mailto:playboy_94804_@yahoo.com) (most used)
PS:
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, JUST ASK
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/7 "2003-05-21T20:50:33Z")
gah @ your fullscreen website! 😕
for a second I thought my pc had rebooted!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/8 "2003-05-21T20:53:12Z")
In Photoshop, you can also change any rgb or cmyk file to grayscale, (discarding all color info) then choose duotone from the same menu and you have the option of choosing colors.
😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/9 "2003-05-21T21:06:08Z")
you can also use trace bitmap in flash, to convert the image to a vector. then all you have to do is manually change the peices to the color you want.
i did this at [http://host28.hrwebservices.net/~vmkdsnc/saints](http://host28.hrwebservices.net/~vmkdsnc/saints)
original image: [http://host28.hrwebservices.net/~vmkdsnc//kirupa/2guns.gif](http://host28.hrwebservices.net/~vmkdsnc//kirupa/2guns.gif)
and at [http://host28.hrwebservices.net/~vmkdsnc//grey/main.html](http://host28.hrwebservices.net/~vmkdsnc//grey/main.html)
(roll over different parts of the guy to see the navigation… that site was just an experiment though, and isn’t functional…)
it works quite well since you can use the result well in flash, although it is pretty time consuming if you start out with an image that has many colors, like the saints one. it took FOREVER!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/10 "2003-05-21T21:13:23Z")
that is what I was going to say make it into vector then do it manually alot more flexibility with the colors and which to extract…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/11 "2003-05-21T21:20:20Z")
yeah, it works alot better, plus then you can animate the result quite easily. 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/12 "2003-05-21T21:21:51Z")
liam: thats soo cool, but trace bit map takes foever@
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/13 "2003-05-21T21:36:54Z")
it can also crash your machine so be careful…play with threshold holds and stuff
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/14 "2003-05-21T21:50:13Z")
true, but i don’t use a very high setting on either, so it’s all good!
thanks, mdipi 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/15 "2003-05-21T22:06:42Z")
lol 3d, you are right! it crashed flash at least.///
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/16 "2003-05-21T23:42:57Z")
the lower the color threshold and minimum area is set to, the slower the trace will be. the file size will also be larger depending on this.
just find one that suits the appropriate image… it’s never crashed for me before…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/17 "2003-05-22T00:24:29Z")
Liam what’s a generally good setting to use? As in what do you usually use? I only ask this ebcause I’d rather not take such a shot in the dark cause my comp will take forever! 😛
-brad-:evil:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/18 "2003-05-22T01:10:01Z")
well, for a medium sized image with few colors and not too much detail, i use about 80-90 for the color threshold and about 30 or 40 for the minimum area.
for something small, colorful, and detailed, i’d use about a 50 for the color threshold and around 8-10 for the minimum area.
what ‘color threshold’ does is compares the pixels of the image. if the difference in the RGB color values adds up to less than the value of the color threshold, the two pixels are considered to be the same color. thus, as you increase the ‘color threshold’ value, you will decrease the number of colors in your trace. the lower this number is, the slower the trace will be, since flash must do many more calculations to assign each color.
‘minimum area’ defines the number of surrounding pixels to consider while assigning a color threshold to the trace. lower this if you wish to have a more accurate representation of the color in your trace. (the trace will end up looking more like the original image as this number is set lower)
‘curve fit’ defines how smoothly the vector outlines are drawn, normal is generally good enough for most projects.
‘corner threshold’ determines to what extent sharp edges are retained or smoothed out. experiment with this to achieve the level of smoothness you desire.
generally, the lower the settings, the more closely the trace will resemble the original image; however, the use of lower settings will also slow down the process. don’t wait for flash to crash though; if you find that the trace is taking too long, simply hit cancel. 😉 experiment to find what is best for your project.
i hope this helps!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/19 "2003-05-22T23:06:37Z")
Hey that helps a lot. Thanks liam!
-brad-:evil:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plz-help-covert-image-from-multicolorz-to-just-2-colorz/21453/20 "2003-05-22T23:26:28Z")
glad i could help!
now give me some money, geez…
:P:P
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