color change in gif file using hex

[ranber]

Im trying to change the color of a small gif file with a gradient, I can get the hex color that I want but it will not allow me to just use the file tool.
Thanks

[Kasam]

how do you want to change the color....??

try this way
press Ctrl and U...
try there...hope i help

[ranber]

the file is a gif it is 0.014 by 1.764 inches it is a light blue right now. I want to change the light blue to a darker hex blue 104E8B when I do that with the color pick tool it wont let me change it with the fill tool. I have tried to copy color as HTML but it is not working.

thanks

[Tips]

Okay... here goes.

The answer here goes longer than should be posted to a forum.

We've posted the tutorial at:
http://www.photoshop911.com/hex/index.html

Good luck.

[Ovidiu]

Try to change the gif from indexed colors to RGB, change the colors to what you need with hue sat and then save back gif with a new colortable. In an indexed file, you can only use the colors from the indexed file.