2. Select the Edit in Quick Mask Mode (QMM) from the Toolbar. Once you are in QMM, choose the Brush Tool and pick a small Hard Round brush. Size 5 and lower is good for getting into those nooks and crannies, but you may use a larger one for big spaces that you need to fill in. Next Zoom into your image so that you can clearly see the edge of the area that you want to select. With the brush tool (still in Quick Mask Mode remember), begin to fill in the area.
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My first pass is set to a Tolerance of 72. I click outside of the bee, in the "white" area. After only one click, Photoshop erases most of the background in the picture ? not bad! If the Tolerance is too high, you might inadvertently grab some bits of the object as well. If that's the case, just Undo and try a slightly lower Tolerance level.
My first pass is set to a Tolerance of 72. I click outside of the bee, in the "white" area. After only one click, Photoshop erases most of the background in the picture � not bad! If the Tolerance is too high, you might inadvertently grab some bits of the object as well. If that's the case, just Undo and try a slightly lower Tolerance level.
My take: This method works for any object, regardless of the background, and is also quite precise. It's reasonably fast if you're comfortable with using the Pen Tool; otherwise, this method might take a long time! This method is probably better for objects that have crisp, hard edges, and, similar to Quick Mask mode, you may have a slight color halo if the object has picked up some of the background colors.
Make sure you understand the concept and application of layer masking and get some good experience because it is one of the most practical AND professional things you could ever learn in Photoshop and you will continuously use it as a graphic designer. The First Edition covers layer masking in application extensively. You can also enable/disenable a layer mask, apply it (essentially erasing those areas "masked").
Step 1: Open up the image provided above. Double click on the image layer, and when the layer dialogue comes up, just press OK. You have now converted the image layer from a background layer to a normal layer.
Layer masking in Paint Shop Pro - Courtesy of Andrea Lane Duplicate your layer, Ctrl + C. Paste it as a new layer, Ctrl + L. Desaturate it, -> Adjust Hue/Saturation/Lightness Shift + H. Click on colorize box, hue, saturation and lightness = 0. Layers | New Mask Layer | Show All.
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2. Select the Edit in Quick Mask Mode (QMM) from the Toolbar. Once you are in QMM, choose the Brush Tool and pick a small Hard Round brush. Size 5 and lower is good for getting into those nooks and crannies, but you may use a larger one for big spaces that you need to fill in. Next Zoom into your image so that you can clearly see the edge of the area that you want to select. With the brush tool (still in Quick Mask Mode remember), begin to fill in the area.
My first pass is set to a Tolerance of 72. I click outside of the bee, in the "white" area. After only one click, Photoshop erases most of the background in the picture ? not bad! If the Tolerance is too high, you might inadvertently grab some bits of the object as well. If that's the case, just Undo and try a slightly lower Tolerance level.
Layer masking in Paint Shop Pro - Courtesy of Andrea Lane Duplicate your layer, Ctrl + C. Paste it as a new layer, Ctrl + L. Desaturate it, -> Adjust Hue/Saturation/Lightness Shift + H. Click on colorize box, hue, saturation and lightness = 0. Layers | New Mask Layer | Show All.
All these methods are sound and there's nothing wrong with them. But using a layer mask along side them has it's advantages.