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I was wondering if there is a way to alter the color of the Smart object that has been inputted into Photoshop. Basically, I have a series of glyphs that need to be altered so they have new hexadecimal's. Is there an easy way to do this? There doesn't seem to be any Photoshop functions available?

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Highlight the Smart Object in the Layers Panel.

Choose Layer > Layer Style > Color Overlay. Set the color overly blend mode to "Normal" and 100%.

Click the little color box, input your hex value, and click OK twice.

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In addition, with this method you can copy the layerstyle and paste it to other smart object layers. Making recoloring of large iconsets very easy. – KMSTR Jul 31 '12 at 6:06
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@KMSTR With Photoshop CS6 it's even easier if you apply the layer style to a Layer Group (folder) in the Layers Panel, then you can just drag layers into the group and they are instantly colored. – Scott Jul 31 '12 at 6:19
Sounds good. I will try that once I get my hands on CS6. I only tried the demo. What dissapointed me was that I couldn't use shapes in combination with fill and gradient layers anymore. I suppose thats done in the same way as applying layer styles now? – KMSTR Jul 31 '12 at 6:38
Sure you can. In fact they are better in CS6 because they are true vector layers. Control bar has a fill and stroke option similar to how you'd fill and stroke in Illustrator. – Scott Jul 31 '12 at 8:35
Perfect. thank you so much that was simple and effective. – Charles Jul 31 '12 at 13:45
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For # smart object outlines and colors? -- Ctrl + Click the particular smart object layer. -- The outer layout is selected -- Now right click or choose form EDIT menu > Stroke and give the color and stroke type. ** make this stroke things in separate layer so that u can change color later thr blending option

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