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The arrows show the difficult areas where the braids blend with the background. Jean-Claude Gr??goire describes below how to "tame" the unruly brades using AKVIS SmartMask.
Though you can use any of the brushes in the brushes pop-up palette to make a selection, using soft brushes may result in unexpected results. The selection outline (the ?marching ants?) indicate everything that is more than 50% selected. However, that includes areas that are, for example 51 % selected. If you have a selection with hardness set to 0 %: the selection outline may look like this: but when you fill it (if you fill it to check what you?ve got), you will see this: Notice not only the brush strokes where the selection was less than 100% but also the spread outside of the marching ants perimeter. Because of this, when making precise selections with the selection brush, either set your Hardness to 100%, or do a check by filling the selection with a contrasting color (you can use Undo to remove the fill).
The shape selection tool is grouped with the shapes in the toolbar. To find it, click on the shape icon which is showing and select it from the pop-up list. Or, you can select any of the other shape tools and then choose the shape selection tool from the options bar.
We'll find out a little later in the tutorials that this is a great reason for learning to use Channels. Solving this type of selection creating problem is the primary function of them - but we'll deal more with that later.
Buy. Download. Create. Get Photoshop Elements now at the Adobe Store. Download a free 30 day Photoshop Elements trial at the Adobe site. Selecting & Extracting Hair - Masking Tutorial - Extraction Tips Adapted from "Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Maximum Performance" by Mark Galer One of the most challenging montage or masking jobs in the profession of post-production editing is the hair lift. When the model has long flowing hair and the subject needs to change location many post-production artists call in sick. Get it wrong and, just like a bad wig, it shows. Extract filters, Magic Erasers and Tragic Extractors don't even get us close. Portrait image by Dan Stainsby The first secret step must be completed before you even press the shutter on the camera. Your number one essential step for success is to first shoot your model against a white backdrop, sufficiently illuminated so that it is captured as white rather than gray. This important aspect of the initial image capture ensures that the resulting hair transplant is seamless and undetectable. The post-production is the easy bit - simply apply the correct sequence of editing steps and the magic is all yours. This is not brain surgery but follow these simple steps and you will join the elite ranks of Photoshop gurus around the world. Celebrity status is just a few clicks away. Step 1 The initial steps of this tutorial are concerned with creating a mask that can be used in the final montage. Start by dragging the background layer to the New Layer icon to duplicate it. Choose 'Remove Color' from the Adjust Color submenu found in the Enhance menu (Enhance > Adjust Color > Remove Color). Drag this desaturated/monochrome layer to the New Layer icon in the Layers palette to duplicate it. Set the blend mode of this new layer (now on top of the layers stack) to 'Overlay' mode. Step 2 From the Layer menu choose 'Merge Down' to create a single high-contrast monochrome layer. Select 'Black' as the foreground color and the 'Brush tool' from the Tools palette. Choose a large hard edged brush and 100% opacity from the Options bar and set the mode to 'Overlay' (also in the Options bar). Painting in Overlay mode will preserve the white background and darken the rest of the pixels. Accuracy whilst painting in Overlay mode is not a concern when the background is white or is significantly lighter than the subject. Avoid going anywhere near the tips of the hair at this stage. Step 3 Even the bright tones of the white shirt can...
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This tutorial will explain how to randomize a selection to obtain irregular edges. A free Photoshop Action file is included for download.
Note: In Photoshop CS3 you can access Feather command by, using menu Select � Modify � Feather or Ctrl(Command) + Shift + D
Selection Mask Quick Hacks From the ExtremeTech book, Hacking Photoshop CS2 by Shangara Singh, published by John Wiley and Sons. (Reprinted with permission.) The following hacks cover some of the methods most commonly used for creating selection masks. They are presented here in one place for your consumption. Feast on them from time to time when you feel hungry. � Switching Lasso Tool Modes. When you use the Lasso tool to draw freehand selections, press Alt (Windows), Opt (Mac OS) to draw in straight lines. To revert to freehand, raise the tool modifier key after a click. � Switching Polygonal Lasso Tool Modes. When you use the Polygonal Lasso tool to draw straight lines, press Alt (Windows), Opt (Mac OS) to draw freehand. To revert to straight lines, raise the tool modifier key after a click. � Changing Sample Size for Magnetic Lasso Tool. When you use the Magnetic Lasso tool, use a large width for smooth areas and a small width for detailed areas. You can change the width of the sample area by using the square bracket keys or clicking the pen icon in the options bar if you use a pen and tablet. � Moving Selections. To move a selection marquee while drawing, hold down the Spacebar and drag to a new position. � Moving Selection Content. To move a selection marquee and the enclosed content, select the Move tool and then click and drag or use the arrow keys. You can access the Move tool temporarily by holding down Ctrl (Windows), cmd (Mac OS), except when the active tools are the Hand, Pen, shape, path selection, or slice tools. � Moving and Duplicating Selection Content. To move a selection marquee and duplicate the content at the same time, select the Move tool, hold down Alt (Windows), Opt (Mac OS), and then drag or use arrow keys. Alternatively, hold down Ctrl+Alt (Windows), Opt (Mac OS) and then drag. � Hiding the Marching Ants. Press H to hide marching ants (marquee boarder). Press once more to reveal. What is hidden or not hidden by the keyboard shortcut can be specified in View > Show > Show Extras Options. � Positioning Active Selection Precisely. You can reposition an active selection mask by selecting a marquee or lasso tool, placing the tool pointer in the selection, and then dragging the selection to a new position. If you need to position it precisely and you know the coordinates of where you want to reposition it, choose Select > Transform Selection, or select the command from the contextual menu and then enter the coordinates in the options ...
At the botton of the layer palette click at the icon - create a new fill or adjustment layer(a ball half white/half black) and choose Hue/Saturation
Content: -Selecting using Color Range--------step1-step5 -Selecting using (Normal)Lasso tool--------step6-step8 -Selecting using Pen tool--------step9-step15 -Selecting using Magnetic Lasso tool--------step16-step18 -Selecting using Polygonal Lasso tool--------step19-step21 -Selecting using Quick Mask--------step22-step26 Let's start with an easy one.Selecting using Color range. -Pro: Really handy tool, anyone can use it easily. -Fast. -Con: Only works well when the background of the object is one-colored. -Unreliable. This is the starting image: You can download it from here or you can use your own.
Hair selection in Photoshop can be tricky business. Trying to select the hair by manually erasing can be very tedious, and often will come out looking unnatural. Fortunately Photoshop from at least version 7 and up has a great tool for hair selection. As with most selecton tools, it will perform better with a high contrast background. In fact if you have dark hair with a white background, it will select hair nearly flawlessly. Pretty cool stuff here.
The foreground and background colors in Adobe Photoshop CS3 can be changed by using the Photoshop toolbox. In this video tutorial, you will learn how to select foreground and background colors in Photoshop CS3.
After you have made a selection to an image in Adobe Photoshop CS3, you can then save the selection to use at a later time. In this video tutorial, you will learn how to save a selection in Photoshop CS3.
Go to Photoshop's menu Filter/Panopticum/IcePattern... You can see a dialog window. Here you can adjust parameters of IcePattern filter.
2. Start with opening an image with a multicolored background. Scenery will be the perfect example for background.
The Pen Tool is my favourite tool for selecting areas of a picture. I find it very useful for selecting tricky areas and just generally selecting anything.
Rectangular Marquee Tool:
You can you use your selection tools to make TONS of shapes!
The Magnetic Lasso Tool sort of combines the first two tools mentioned here. You click once, and begin to drag a freehand selection around the object you wish to select. The magnetic lasso tool tries to automatically create points itself while you follow the edge of your object (you can define points by clicking if needed). The end result is a much smoother selection than the polygonal lasso tool will make.
1. Open Photoshop. Open Image to apply Expand & Contract commands.
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