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03/07/2007 03:00:13 PM · #1 |
How do you mask out a background??? Or rather turn it completely black? I am trying to mask out everything but two flowers on a photo of a bunch of them and want them on a black background. I have tried by creating a new layer and filling it with black then erasing the black on the areas I want to show through...but when I come to the edges of the flower it looks crappy....you can start to see some of the other flowers show through. I even adjust my brush size.....
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03/07/2007 03:06:04 PM · #2 |
try using a soft edged brush and vary the opacity.
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03/07/2007 03:17:45 PM · #3 |
If not for a challenge you can lift the flowers and paste them on a new blank layer/image that is all black.
If this is not possible, to turn the background blacker, levels and contrast work quite well.
I don't use Photoshop but in PI the magic wand would select the flowers which you can then put them on a new layer, adjust the orginal layer so the background looks as you want, then merge the layers back 'normal' or 'always.' |
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03/07/2007 03:18:29 PM · #4 |
| can you post the example that you're trying to do the removal on? There are a lot of ways to remove backgrounds, some are more well suited to certain situations than others. |
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03/07/2007 03:22:40 PM · #5 |
I use the magic lasso tool to get a rough selection for a layer mask then do clean up with a soft brush. I put the background in front of the subject layer.
I try to use soft-light or overlay layers instead of Normal mode layers as often as possible as they are easier to hide small mistakes.
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03/07/2007 03:29:02 PM · #6 |
Here is the image I am trying to work on....I know you guys can prob do it in no time but I want to learn how...so please explain...don't just do it and show it to me... LOL I want to keep the main yellow flower and the white carnation that is to the left of it as well....
Michelle
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03/07/2007 04:14:22 PM · #7 |
What program are you using to process your photos? I'd hate to go into detailed PS CS2 details to find out you were using something else.
All in all it is something that is easier to demonstrate than to verbalize for me.
You will want to be working with layer masks and soft brushes to make you selection.
The simplest way for me would be to put the black background in front of the flower, turn down the transparency of the black layer and then paint the flower back.
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03/07/2007 04:40:22 PM · #8 |
That one is kind of tricky, since you have the yellow flower (dandelion?) pushing into the white flower. Fotomann is right though, exactly how to do it will depend on what software you are using.
There are a thousand ways to do everything in photoshop, but I would create a new black layer behind the main layer, make a mask on the flower layer, and then paint out (on the mask) the parts of the main image I wanted black. You can use the paint brush, magnetic lasso, magic wand, fill and various other things to actually fill in the mask, but start with the paint brush, varying the size and hardness to create the edges you need around the flowers.
Double Click on your background layer (in the Layers window) and change it's name.
At the bottom of the Layers window, click the "Add layer mask" button (the rectangle with a circle in it). You will see a white square appear next to the thumbnail of your flower layer. This is your mask. It should be selected, but if not go ahead and click on it.
Now select your paintbrush tool and paint to your hearts content on the layer mask. Make sure the mask is selected and not the thumbnail of the layer itself, or you'll be painting on the actual image.
The way a layer mask works is to selectively change the opacity of the layer. White=100% visible, black=100% invisible. Grays, depending on the darkness, will be somewhere in-between. Play around and see what happens. You can also use layer masks on adjustment layers (curves, levels, etc) to selectively adjust parts of the image.
Hope this helps. Do a google search for photoshop layer mask tutorial and I'm sure you'll find ten million sites telling you how to do it. |
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03/07/2007 04:57:20 PM · #9 |
A quick masking with a little cloning to repair the white flower
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