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04/11/2007 08:55:32 PM · #1 |
Another nursery owner asked me to take some pictures of this beautiful Cassia Bakeriana in full bloom. He would like to remove the tree and place it into a nice backdrop, however, we are sure that the owner of this house (and tree) might object.
What is the best process to seperate the tree from this photograph to place it into another?
I don't think that using the magic wand is going to be accurate enough to select just the tree and I'm certainly not going to zoom in and try to use the lasso to "cut out" every single leaf and flower.
I sure would appreciate ideas from those of you who are more adept in photoshop than I am.
Thanks a lot. |
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04/11/2007 09:28:40 PM · #2 |
| Its probably a mix of a few, Id start with the background erasor for the sky and perhaps for the lower branches as well, but ultamitly its gona take a while. |
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04/11/2007 09:31:10 PM · #3 |
| Yeah um alot of masking. Just look at the blue patches inside the tree not only around the edges but deep inside. Cutting out n object can take time and not come out right. Although it can be done correctly. A tree is insane especially this tree. |
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04/11/2007 09:31:32 PM · #4 |
Wow, Robert. Left yourself a challenge there. First... is is possible to reshoot with a much lower POV so mostly sky is the background? If you can do that, you may be able to just remove the color of the sky and viola!.... barring that scenario, you're in for a lot of tedious selecting and deleting. Lovely tree, but one with a lot of branches and blooms which will be difficult (time consuming) to select around.
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04/11/2007 09:38:23 PM · #5 |
| Create a new (alpha) channel and use the painting tools to fine-tune the mask. I start with a magic wand or approximate lasso selection, and then use the paintbrush while zoomed-in very close for the fine details. |
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04/11/2007 09:44:54 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Create a new (alpha) channel and use the painting tools to fine-tune the mask. I start with a magic wand or approximate lasso selection, and then use the paintbrush while zoomed-in very close for the fine details. |
I've read about making selections using alpha channel but haven't used it yet, haven't had a shot that needed it yet. But Robert's shot here is a great candidate for that style of masking. Robert - google alpha channel masking, I remember seeing some great tutorials on the subject.
Message edited by author 2007-04-11 21:45:20.
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04/11/2007 09:49:19 PM · #7 |
I just checked back in and I appreciate the suggestions so far.
As far as reshooting, I've got several shots from various angles including a lower POV. But they all still have the house and the driveway and/or bright red pickup truck in them.
I'll google the alpha channel idea to see if it is possible to use that method.
Thanks. |
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04/11/2007 10:01:26 PM · #8 |
Radiant vista has a tutorial explaining how to do this Here take a watch I've watched it a couple of times.
MattO
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04/11/2007 10:28:22 PM · #9 |
| Here you can find a full set of background removal techniques. Good luck and more patience ;) |
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04/11/2007 10:38:35 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by MattO:
Radiant vista has a tutorial explaining how to do this Here take a watch I've watched it a couple of times.
MattO |
I just watched that tutorial and it uses an almost black and white photo to teach this technique. After I get some sleep I'll watch it again and see if I can apply it to this colorful image.
Thanks Matt.
Originally posted by Valdo:
Here you can find a full set of background removal techniques. Good luck and more patience ;) |
I'll also view your link tomorrow. Thanks. |
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04/11/2007 10:38:58 PM · #11 |
Here are two separate tutorials which cover Layer Masks -- essentially they are the same as an alpha channel/saved selection except that they are usually attached to an Adjustment Layer, and can only be edited when the Adjustment Layer is the active layer.
Alpha channels can be edited at any time; just select it in the Channels window before using any of the usual editing tools -- it is just another grayscale layer as far as editing it is concerned.
Layer Masks Tutorial 1
Layer Masks Tutorial 2 |
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