GIMP - change color of object preserving feathering?

Question

I have an .xcf image and I like to change the color of some objects within it. The objects are mostly one solid color with the edges feathered into transparency. I.e. all pixels in the object are white with most pixels fully opaque and some with transparency.I've tried to change the objects' color using the color select tool + bucket fill but this destroys the feathering. Is there a way to get the gimp to change just the color but preserve the transparency?The actual objects that I have are multiple bits of text all at different sizes and rotations that I have merged into one layer. So it is no use re-adding the feathering as this messes up the text quite noticeably.Thanks

Answer 1

Absolutely! So, I'm going to answer as if we're in Photoshop, because they're fairly similar. You have a few options I immediately can think of:

• Option 1 – Add a new layer over your rasterized image. Drop a paint bucket of whatever color you want to apply to the whole image, then change the blending mode (should be in your layers panel) to "hue".

• Option 2 – Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation, then drag the hue slider around. I suggest doing this in a duplicate layer in case you don't like it.

• Option 3 – Manually recolor things with a brush on "hue" blending mode (this I suggest doing on a new layer as well, you can adjust the blending mode at the top of the screen)