Script Request: Remove Any Color by Suz Shook

[JoeB]

In the main PSP forum member @ToreB was asking about methods to remove a color from an image. Several methods were provided, including Suz Shook's script created in 2004 (but which still works in new versions of PSP). @ToreB asked me to post the script here so that he could experiment with it. Basically, the script just automates an existing method available in PSP - i.e., selecting the whole image, then going to Selections>Modify>Select Color Range, which opens a dialogue where you can sample the color you wish to remove, set softness and tolerance, and click OK. But it automates a few extra steps you need also.

Doing it manually requires that you first make sure that the image is not a background layer - i.e., you have to be working on a promoted/actual raster layer. As well, when doing it manually, after you click OK to get back to the image you have to then invert the selection and then hit the Delete key to delete the selection. The script, on the other hand, will automatically determine whether or not the image is a background layer and, if it is, promote it to a regular raster layer. As well, after you click OK on the dialogue the script automatically inverts the selection and deletes it. So it does save several steps that can be annoying and saves you from having to manually do the extra steps mentioned above.

So I'm posting the script here for those who might find it useful. And here is the link to the original topic in the main PSP forum so that you can see the other methods that were suggested for achieving the same or at least similar results.

viewtopic.php?f=56&t=65303

There is also an .html file in the zipped folder I am attaching that you can open in your browser by double clicking it, and which contains Suz's original information about the script.

[ToreB]

Thanks a lot!

[jayson1945]

Thank you so much for describing the ACTUAL STEPS taken to achieve the result. It's so much better when you see a breakdown.