A lot of people have been asking me how I edited my app icons to be pastel pink. I used the photoshop app!
The easiest way is to use the magic wand tool and color overlay. NOTE: the magic wand tool will only select one color. If the background color is a gradient, you need to select the logo, not the background.
Most apps, all you need to do is
2) use the magic wand tool to delete the white corners so the background is transparent. You’ll see what I mean when you crop the image into a square because you’ll still have white background that you’ll want to get rid of. Just click on each corner and press “delete” make sure to ctrl D to deselect something you’ve selected otherwise you’ll keep getting an error message.
3) use the magic wand tool to select the logo, then right click your selection and select “via layer cut” to separate it from the background.
4) double click the layer who’s color you want to change. If it’s Twitter, for example, select the blue background layer. In the pop up menu, select “color overlay” then select the little box with color in it. It might just be white, but it depends on what color you last used. Use the color dropper tool to select the color you want and press “okay” and then press “okay” on the big menu as well to apply.
5) click on your logo layer, let’s say the white Twitter bird. You’ll notice the outline might still have some blue spots. Double click the layer, color overlay, and apply white to that layer to get rid of any unwanted color outline.
6) if there’s still some unwanted blemishes, use your brush tool to clean up. I needed to use this on the iPhone camera app icon because the simple dot came out warped, so I needed to color it into a clean dot. I used the elliptical selection tool for this, as photoshop wouldn’t let me draw on pink with white. Fill the selection with whatever color you need.
Now, sometimes you’ll run into some apps that are harder to edit. For example, the iPhone photos app. The magic wand tool will only select ONE color, which is why you have to select the logo and not the background color as most apps use a gradient and the magic wand tool will only select half of that gradient. With photos app, you’ll have to either separate all those colors into dozens of layers OR:
1) use the magnetic lasso tool and trace the outline of the logo so you only have one selection. Separate that selection into its own layer by right clicking the selection and selecting “via layer cut”
If you can’t find the magnetic lasso tool, right click your lasso tool to bring up the hidden lasso tools in your toolbar.
If you run into any issues, just shoot me a message and I’ll get back to you.
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