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Automate isolation of person on white
This is an image of a man standing in a white space. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/272 … 3-5369.jpg Most of the white space is already a 'pure white' that is RGB 255,255,255, however some of the space is not yet a pure white. I'm trying to work out some way to automate the isolation process. I process thousands of these images a year so doing it all manually takes up a lot of time. Since I isolate so many images by hand I already know quite well how to isolate an image. What I don't know well is how to setup an automation photoshop action or script to have it do most if not all of the work for me. The other problem I run into is that there will be slight changes in lighting from photoshoot to photoshoot. So when I isolate by hand I adapt where need be, but I will assume this will pose a challenge to automation software. I am aware the are isolation software from ononesoftware.com etc, but those take a ridiculous amount of time to use. By hand I can isolate in photoshop each image in probably 30 seconds or less. Nevertheless I'd like to work out how to have software do it all or mostly do it all in a second or two. Jul 08 13 09:45 am Link in photoshop you can use the color range tool to do most of the work for you Select > Color Range if this was part of an action it will store the value of the color range configurations, so you will be able to use it in similar photos with this method you will still have to manually remove the white parts of the subject from the selection but this is where it is great to make selections their own layer mask, so incorporate that into your action and you will be able to "erase" parts of the selection using a black/white brush on the selection layer Jul 08 13 09:55 am Link it is already so close, depending what it is going on you can use the blend if sliders. the quick select is also just as the name implies, very quick. Jul 08 13 10:04 am Link It would surely need to be a process which eliminated the greys you don't want while keeping the greys you do. I'm thinking of the shadows at the person's feet in the example you linked to, because you need something to 'anchor' the people to, or they'll appear to be floating in the air. Jul 08 13 11:24 am Link poiter wrote: I have an action that will yield this in one click on the image you posted. Nothing fancy, just a couple of calculations commands and a levels adjustment. Jul 08 13 12:06 pm Link Thanks everyone for your input. I had a go with all your suggestions, some of which I've tried previously. Nothing stood out as being quicker than using the magic wand and selectively choosing different areas. It had just dawned on me just now that I can solve a lot of my problems by simply adding more plexiglass to the ground. Also I can add more care with making sure my lights don't start blowing out the shoes. Then I think using the magic wand 'could' be pretty straight forward. Jul 08 13 01:41 pm Link nice info here. Jul 08 13 04:34 pm Link Jul 09 13 10:54 am Link poiter wrote: For $99 bucks you can learn all about automation.... Jul 11 13 03:39 am Link |
