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02/14/2007 01:40:08 PM · #1 |
I have this image where i have done everything i.e. whatever i was supposed to do in photoshop except for masking hair. I am unable to do it and i am in a fix. I have been ignoring this image for last one and half months and want to finish it ASAP
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02/14/2007 01:43:02 PM · #2 |
Unless you have a evenly lit solid color background, there is no easy way to mask hair. Not saying it can't be done, but it takes patience and lots of work.
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02/14/2007 01:52:17 PM · #3 |
| I am going for my sleep( i am in India) , hope i get some tutorial in couple of hours |
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02/14/2007 02:31:02 PM · #4 |
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02/14/2007 02:47:02 PM · #5 |
Selecting and Extracting Hair
I just found this last night. It's written for PSE5, but I played around with it in CS2. It seems to work well, but the key is to shoot against a white background if possible. |
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02/14/2007 10:37:44 PM · #6 |
Can some help me with tutorial Selecting hair
I can manage till this step Step 4 fine. I start getting lost from step 5 onward, when we are told that we need create a "With the Remove Color layer selected add a Levels adjustment layer. Without making any adjustment simply select OK. This Levels adjustment layer has a layer mask that we can use to house the mask that we have created in the previous step.
I am unable use this level adjustment layer to create a mask |
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02/14/2007 10:53:15 PM · #7 |
Step 5 itself is simple. Just do a Levels adjustment layer without making any adjustments at all. Click OK to close the box. You should see a blank mask showing in the Layers dialogue beside the Levels adjustment layer icon. Step 6 shows you how to cut and paste the contents of the layer below into that mask.
That's a doggone good tutorial, by the way, for doing some things that Elements is not thought of as capable of.
Does that help any? Step 5 is a "cheat", since Elements normally doesn't allow masking. |
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02/14/2007 11:04:40 PM · #8 |
| Glad you like the tut! I'm not sure what you don't understand??? |
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02/14/2007 11:12:15 PM · #9 |
| I do get the concept behind creating Layer adjustment layer, issue is that i am not simply able to cut and paste the content of the layer below, It is like i am so close to masking but simply unable to cut and paste the selection to that mask |
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02/14/2007 11:37:16 PM · #10 |
First, select everything on the layer before the Levels/Mask Layer, then click Edit/Copy Merged. THEN, hold down the ALT key and click on the MASK area of the Levels/Mask layer in the Layers box. The image itself should go white. This is how you select the mask for editing.
Then click Edit / Paste, and voila, the mask will now contain the same thing as the layer you have before the Levels / Mask layer.
Holding the ALT key while left clicking inside the Layers box is the key. |
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02/15/2007 01:28:50 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by nards656:
First, select everything on the layer before the Levels/Mask Layer, then click Edit/Copy Merged. THEN, hold down the ALT key and click on the MASK area of the Levels/Mask layer in the Layers box. The image itself should go white. This is how you select the mask for editing.
Then click Edit / Paste, and voila, the mask will now contain the same thing as the layer you have before the Levels / Mask layer.
Holding the ALT key while left clicking inside the Layers box is the key. |
That's exactly it! |
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