Selection Tip CS4

[Lance Peters]

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.


:)

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Thanks for the tip Lance, I'll be checking this one out.