How to change the color of a black raster image

[cadudesun]

Hello,

I'd appreciate your help. As shown in this screencast (http://bit.ly/2MTIUlY), I couldn`t change the HUE of a black image, for instance, to Green.

By using Photoshop (also in the screencast), I could change the color through two methods:

Method 1- Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation (then check “colorize”).
Method 2- Image>Adjustments>Selective color (then select “black”).

How to change the color of a black raster image using Xara Designer?

Thank you,
Carlos

[handrawn]

try right click on a colour on the xara colour line and select change dark colour

if this works you can use the colour editor to amend [colour editor calls it dark contone]

edit - if it's a straight black, black/white, image you could probably go straight to the colour editor

[gwpriester]

Handrawn's suggestion is the simplest. But here is another way that works, especially if you need to apply more than one color.

If the image is simply black and white, add a rectangle with a color or colors above the black and white. Apply a Flat, Screen transparency. The color applies to the black areas only.

Now you can make a new bitmap copy, True Color (no Alpha).

[siran]

Or place it in front of something having the desired color, select both, right click, apply opacity mask, right click again, opacity mask, invert opacity mask.

[gwpriester]

More than one way to skin a cat or color a black and white image.

[cadudesun]

Thank you all for the directions! It is very convenient to change black raster in XDP.

Just one question has remained, as shown in the screencast: http://bit.ly/32vnRg0
It refers to this method:

"If the image is simply black and white, add a rectangle with a color or colors above the black and white. Apply a Flat, Screen transparency. The color applies to the black areas only.
Now you can make a new bitmap copy, True Color (no Alpha)."

After creating the bitmap copy (True Color / no Alpha), the new bitmap is not preserving the Screen transparency.
Is it possible to create that bitmap with transparency somehow?

Cheers,
Carlos