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Expanding Selections??
May 03 13 10:48 pm Link Yes it's called refine edge. After you select and the selection is active, as long as you have a selection tool active in the tools bar at the top you will see refine edge button. Use "shift Edge"  Option #2. Is to go to menu and do it old school. Go to select menu > Modify > Expand... May 03 13 10:53 pm Link Mad Hatter Imagery wrote: As Kruno said, refine edge is the way to go. But rather than cut the subject out and paste it on another layer, I would use a layer mask. That'll give you more flexibility. May 04 13 05:16 am Link Should I assume this is Photoshop, or available in most graphic programs? May 04 13 10:41 pm Link Mad Hatter Imagery wrote: Yes, it's Photoshop. May 04 13 10:54 pm Link Krunoslav-Stifter wrote: Any directions for non-photoshop softwares? I try not to feed that beast of corporate greed. lol. May 05 13 07:40 pm Link Mad Hatter Imagery wrote: Try GIMP http://www.gimp.org/ ...it's free. May 05 13 07:48 pm Link Krunoslav-Stifter wrote: Would GIMP have that selection option? I have Paintshop Pro by the way. May 06 13 05:33 pm Link Mad Hatter Imagery wrote: I would imagine, both of them do. May 06 13 05:53 pm Link I use CS5. When I select a subject it is usually because I want to change the hue and also the luminosity of the background - which is usually a plain cloth background. I get 2 kinds of problem when doing this, especially if I adjust BG luminosity. After masking the subject I am not happy with the original light wrapping that remains on the subject's edges. That is the light that was previously wrapped onto the subject itself from the original hue and tone of background. Is there some way of brushing over the subject edges afterwards to adjust for the new color and tone of background? I seem to remember some sort of magic brush to which you could set two colors and play with blend modes. I tend to shoot with mid grey background thinking that it is best for post adjustments of hue and luminosity. Is this correct? Hair is the other problem. When the subject has hair loops and lose transparent parts through which the background is showing. If I trim the flyaways off it looks too unreal, and getting the see thru background parts adjusted is a real botch-up. May 13 13 11:20 am Link Cerity Images wrote: May 14 13 05:11 am Link Thanks for link to previous thread. I tried both the brush and clone stamp methods. Works great with accurate masks but difficult to fix the transition edge when luminosity of background changes. For example changing a dark BG to lighter BG leaves a dark edge on the subject even after bleed color correction. How about the second issue? Hair with hole showing background. May 15 13 02:39 am Link Mad Hatter Imagery wrote: In the GNU Image Manipulation Program, you'll find the option in the Menu under Selection. May 15 13 03:09 am Link Cerity Images wrote: It depends on the image and on what sort of change you want to make to the background. May 15 13 04:14 am Link Peano wrote: .... if BG changes were as mentioned previously? i.e Color changing to its complement 180 degrees on the color wheel, Luminosity changing from darker than hair to lighter than hair. There has to be significant changes to BG in order to discover the basic techniques. May 15 13 02:21 pm Link Peano wrote: Cerity Images wrote: Let me put it this way: It depends my seeing the image ... which, in turn, requires that you show the image. It's not a word problem. It's a visual problem. May 15 13 02:53 pm Link Peano wrote: +1000 May 15 13 03:17 pm Link I did not have an image under question, but I'll try and put one representative of the discussion. May 16 13 11:42 am Link |
