Lance Peters
11-04-2008, 02:44 AM
Just found this easy way of selecting the area I want to work with. (Useful for sharpening, and all sorts of other fun stuff)
Open Image
SELECT - COLOUR RANGE
Tick localised colour clusters
Use your eye dropper tool to select the colour - you see the preview window change as you do this - then select the +eyedropper which adds more colours to your range (- eye dropper takes away)
Use the fuzziness and the range sliders to tweak.
What you are after is a white BG - with your subject as black as can be. The selection preview box is also handy to view your subject on a black/white/grey mat.
then select inverse and if you are sharpening I then SELECT-MODIFY - EXPAND by 1 pixel - this brings your selection in 1 Pixel (helps ensure you dont get a Halo).
Can use QM'S with this as well under the selection preview box. I beleive the localised colour clusters are new to CS4 seems to make a heap of difference.
PS. Of course you would do all of this on a duplicate layer.
:)
Open Image
SELECT - COLOUR RANGE
Tick localised colour clusters
Use your eye dropper tool to select the colour - you see the preview window change as you do this - then select the +eyedropper which adds more colours to your range (- eye dropper takes away)
Use the fuzziness and the range sliders to tweak.
What you are after is a white BG - with your subject as black as can be. The selection preview box is also handy to view your subject on a black/white/grey mat.
then select inverse and if you are sharpening I then SELECT-MODIFY - EXPAND by 1 pixel - this brings your selection in 1 Pixel (helps ensure you dont get a Halo).
Can use QM'S with this as well under the selection preview box. I beleive the localised colour clusters are new to CS4 seems to make a heap of difference.
PS. Of course you would do all of this on a duplicate layer.
:)