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Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

04/30/2007 01:16:34 AM · #1

What do you think is the best way to select part of a photo for pasting into another shot or so that you can add in an background without getting the obvious sharply cut edge or the halo effect. I am having trouble doing this and it still looking natural. Example is my 'Hair" submission.

BeeCee

Nikon D40

04/30/2007 01:22:23 AM · #2

There's probably an easy way, but I always end up cloning as small as a single pixel to fix haloing.

I find that running the blur tool on a small, fairly weak setting around the "seam" seems to help it look more natural.

04/30/2007 01:40:25 AM · #3

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Thankyou. I am not necessarily looking for an easy way as I am happy to spend time doing it but if I do I want it to look good. So I am looking for the best way/s.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR

04/30/2007 02:19:11 AM · #4

Come on all you PS wizards. I was hoping for all of this advice coming from all sides. Thanks for yours BeeCee

Message edited by author 2007-04-30 02:19:29.

RainMotorsports

Nikon D60

04/30/2007 02:20:41 AM · #5

Originally posted by Monique64:

Come on all you PS wizards. I was hoping for all of this advice coming from all sides. Thanks for yours BeeCee

Well as for the US it is 2 AM! So your limited to 10% of the US and whoever is not busy on that side of the globe lol.

Using the background eraser tool with anti alias on id just get as close to the arms as i could and then reapply the background.

Message edited by author 2007-04-30 02:31:14.

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

04/30/2007 02:28:08 AM · #6

OK. Still getting used to the fact that 1/2 the world is probably asleep, and this 1/2 is still working. I have a week or so at home and am checking in every now and then as normally I wouldn't be able to look until 6pm tonight which is another 1 1/2 hours away

geoffb

04/30/2007 02:29:39 AM · #7

There are plenty of books on masking and compositing (one with that very name, by Katrin Eismann), and I would strongly suggest picking one up. The information you'll learn not just about making selections, but about colours and channels, is well worth the $30-$40 price tag.

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

04/30/2007 02:30:29 AM · #8

For something like that you could probably create a quick mask using the magic lasso set at a Tolerance of around 32. For more tricky hair masking switch over the your channel's palette and choose one of the channels that offers the strongest contrast between the hair and the background and then use the magic lasso. Photoshop's extract filter also provides good results but I typically have to fix ithe mask up a little afterwards using a soft brush.

04/30/2007 02:32:54 AM · #9

Originally posted by geoffb:

Do you reakon this is available in Australia
?