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Zonicle
Joined: 24 May 2009
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Location: Norway
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 Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:34 am Post subject: Deleting all white from an image |
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In CS2, all I had to do was hitting Ctrl+Alt+Tilde (for some reason Tilde didn't work on my keyboard, but hitting "1" instead of it had the same effect) to mark all white. Then I could hit Delete to remove the white, and let everything else be.
This is very good for the creation of custom brushes.
However, on SC4 I have some issues. Here I have to press Ctrl+Alt+2 to mark all the white, and even then it left an ugly white border next to the black stuff I wanted to make a brush out of.
It also tries selecting the white on the background layer for some reason.
Anyone got some clues how I can fix this? |
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Auieos
Joined: 29 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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Instead of the hot keys try going to Select > Colour Range. |
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Zonicle
Joined: 24 May 2009
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Location: Norway
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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That works to some extent, just like the Ctrl+Alt+Tilde/1/2 function. However, when working with shadowing a drawing using black and white and the smudge tool, there's always some ugly gray areas left in the midtones. I've tried a lot of times, and I never seem to be able to fix it.
What I can't understand is why improving something always seems to be synonymous to making it more dificult to use. What was wrong with the old Ctrl+Alt+Tilde/1/2 function? And why doesn't it work as it used to?
EDIT: I solved my problem with the "Remove White" plugin by Mark McLaren, as all of Photoshop CS4's tools failed me. |
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Auieos
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| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure why they change things. It might be good to upload an example of your problem. |
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Auieos
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Place your black and white on a layer above the coloured image, then change its mode to multiply and its opacity to 40%. You wont have to worry about removing the white. |
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