Cutting out Difficult images

teddc · Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:42 pm Post subject:

I found Corel Knockout okay.

ted

shanegoldberg · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 5:25 am Post subject:

i second that Lunacore...I bought Corel Knockout and got better results in PSD.

alanh · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 3:27 pm Post subject:

Thanks I'll persevere with P'Shop - anyone aware of a good tutorial site?

Alan

thehermit · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 4:02 pm Post subject:

Not as such but if you want to edify yourself here is a URL I guard closely

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/PSTV_links.html#M

holmes · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the responses, I have been tooling around with your suggestions willmore and others and I am a lot further along than before. I found some good /bad tutorials on this site for the queation about good tutorials. I will post more as I find

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/tutorials_effects.html

not to promote another site, but there were some techniques that i found useful. Again thanks for all the info, I will slowly grasp more of the PS intracacies.

-holmes

MaryC · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:59 am Post subject:

I used to work as a catalog designer and I had to "cut out" images all the time.

The best way to do this is to create a new Clipping Path using the pen tool. This is easiest when you magnify the image fairly large and draw your path several pixels inside your image. As you work you can move the image around your screen using the hand tool.

Make curves by clicking and dragging. If you're not familiar with the pen tool it may take several tries to get your skill level up . . . but it's worth the effort. This really is the fastest way to accurately cut out an image. And if you don't get it perfect on the first try you can edit / finetune your path later.

Remember, the fewer points the better. You can actually draw a circle with only 4 points.

After completing your path, go to save path in the path menu. Then go to clipping path and save with a flatness of 2 pixels.

This is a great method as the path stays with the file and you can turn the path on and off as needed.

In the path menu, you, can also "make selection" to copy and paste the image to another background if desired, or to add shadows below your image.

Hope this helps,

qubert · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject:

BryanDowning · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject:

I've used Extensis before and it's kind of a pain. I've been experimenting with the alpha channel technique and it seems to be the best way.

Check out this tutorial: http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/blrbps_2fwks.htm

ekosh · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject:

the best advise that i can give for cutting is zoom in to like 300% and then use your lasso tools it is much easier to do hen you are zoomed in

qubert · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:33 am Post subject:

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