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Posted on 18/10/07 12:42:46 PM |
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Eggbox
Ovoid Opportunist Posts: 797 Reply  |
Easy cutout 'Tip of the Week!'
Today I received my weekly freebe image from iStockPhoto and their 'tip of the week'. A 1-2-3 easy way to create cutouts!!!! I can't make it work. Is it me or is it just 'cos it's Thursday Tip of the Week. Having a crisp, cut out image makes designers lives much easier and let's face it, makes photographers look like rock stars. It's a win-win situation, and if you're not familiar how to isolate backgrounds, we're about to tell you. Slicing out a subject can be a nitty gritty tedious process, but it doesn't need to be. Start with a clean image, one shot on a plain background (preferably white) so it will separate easily. In Photoshop, choose the wand tool and select the background. Using the Color Range, fine tune the fuzziness of your selection. The higher the fuzz, the more accurate it will appear, less fuzz, more distortion. For most images, using around 100 is a good rule of thumb. Once you're done with that, right click the image and select inverse, then use the quick mask to apply the change. One, two, three: you've got a cut out. ?? Ted |
Posted on 18/10/07 2:55:04 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Easy cutout 'Tip of the Week!'
It must be Thursday. I tried it and when I went to quick mask at the end the whole picture went red, so no, I don't understand it either. |
Posted on 18/10/07 4:24:48 PM |
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srowden
Detail Devil Posts: 114 Reply  |
Re: Easy cutout 'Tip of the Week!'
There are numerous ways of cutting tihngs out that way is just usign the olor range option, more or less for the lazy. i find easiest most accurate way is to use pen tool and zoom in at around 300% and fine tune your selection or use a quickmask and brush it. either way they all do the same thing and get the job done |
Posted on 18/10/07 8:53:48 PM |
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David Asch
Tech Support Posts: 1913 Reply  |
Re: Easy cutout 'Tip of the Week!'
I saw that too, it's a good tip but it does rely on having a pure background to begin with. Making selections good is far easier with Refine Edge in CS3. _________________ A happy-go-lucky chap, always dressed in black |