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				 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 2:40 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				A lotta people use different techniques, 
 
Duplicate the BG layer (the original image) u'll see why.
 
then turn off the BG layer and go to the duplicate copy
 
Grab pen tool and click around your image,right click when it's done, make selection, feather by 1 or 2.
 
Select----invert-- then hit delete on yur keyboard.
 
 
U should now have the unwanted part gone.
 
 
You can add a new layer, fill it with any color (maybe the new BG color u want) and drag it below the duplicate layer.
 
so the duplicate is on top, now u can use the eraser tool to edit any part u don't want....
 
 
U can now delete the first image that u turned the visibilty off.
 
 
It takes time, I've just moved over to PS after using PSP for a while and still tryna perfect this technique.
 
 
BTW, u wouldn't happen to have a stock photo of business people (in suits, in office on phone, behind computer screen) that I can use for free?
 
I've been searching for days w/no luck, and since y'all do your own photography, y'all might have one or 2 to give away.  | 
			 
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				 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 5:40 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				No, we just take photos of our shoes - got plenty of those  
 
 
There was a pretty cool site that had free stock photography, mostly by amateurs but it was pretty good. Can't remember the address though, I'll look for it   _________________ Brandon Eley - I actually used Photoshop 2.0!
 
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        toni 
           
           
         
          
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				 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 5:43 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 8:55 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | beetle wrote: | 	 		  I'm telling you guys, when contrast is low, you're gonna have to get down and dirty with a mask layer and your brush tool, and leave all those automated processes (wand, extract, etc) behind.
 
 
Not everything can be solved with 3 clicks   | 	  
 
 
Exactly.
 
 
The mask layer is the best way to accomplish this. 
 
I find everything else to be pretty inaccurate...although I am a bit on the obsessive side.
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 9:45 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				I Zoom in hardcore, and get out the 1px eraser tool!     takes a little longer but works too. _________________ *novice Photochopper*
 
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				 Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 2:51 am    Post subject: Mabey i am weird | 
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				Ok first i don't use that pen tool very often it always makes everything all jaged
 
 
 
the way i dealt with that type of issue is :
 
 
i post up a layer
 
 
on the new later i use a big ol brush and color the object 
 
once colored 
 
i simply use the wand to select the black 
 
drop back to the original layer 
 
and erase the remaining unwanted stuffs
 
 
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				 Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 11:59 am    Post subject:  | 
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				I recently saw a review in a magazine I read about a software called Extensis Mask Pro 3. I've not tried it personally, but the result they got was simply amazing - they removed really difficult objects like soap bubbles and glass from pictures in mere minutes.  | 
			 
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				 Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 2:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Mabey i am weird | 
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				 Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 1:47 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | M. Johansson wrote: | 	 		  | I recently saw a review in a magazine I read about a software called Extensis Mask Pro 3.  | 	  
 
 
Current Versions out are: Mask Pro 3 for MAC and Mask Pro 2.0.4 for Windows
 
 
You can get the demo version HERE  <--For Windows  this is a Full Version Timed Demo from the company which can be unlocked by purchasing     a serial number.
 
 
Beware it's a hefty 9.1Meg download...but worth it!
 
 
~Alzeric _________________ Interested in a Online Vampire Game | 
			 
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