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mikemalek
Joined: 23 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject: extract fly-away hair |
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New to forum - using PS CS2 (Win) . In "extracting" a headshot from a larger photo, the little fly-away hairs would just make the pic, but I can't get them separated from their background.
Any tricks out there?
Thanks
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helcyon
Joined: 02 Oct 2005
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PS Version: CS3
OS: OSX 10
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im sure there are MUCH better ways, but when Do things like that, i first create a layer mask. then in a sense, paint out the background. when you get to the fly-aways, zoom in really close and make the brush very small. also drop the opacity. to do this right, it is very time consuming, but if done right, it looks amazing
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swanseamale47
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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Location: Swansea UK
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One trick I have seen used is to find a channel with the best contrast and use that as the basis for a mask. Wayne
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kabel
Joined: 06 Feb 2006
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you can try using the select color range, from the select menu... since her hair is all in the sky, it should be easy enough to select all the sky and remove it that way. Tafter selecting the sky try raising and lowering the tolerance level, you might be able to select the sky without taking out any of the hair, if there are little parts that need touching up then you can make a layer mask and slowly remove/touch up the hair. Or use the extract tool and go around everything. you can actually just use the extraction tool first, its made for thinks like this, but i find it easier to try and use the color range selection first cause its just sooooooo much easier and faster.
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mikemalek
Joined: 23 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject: fly-away hairs |
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Hey guys, this was my first day in the Forum and first question posted. Really REALLY appreciate the quick and helpful tips!
I tried the 1st & 3rd tips - far better than what I was doing. Gonna have to bone up on CS2 to learn how to utilize the channels. That's a full notch ahead of my CS2 knowledge.
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ronmatt
Joined: 30 Jun 2005
Posts: 94
Location: paradise, Ca
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there are about 5967 'personel' techniques for doing this. There are almost as many plugins and filters as well. These techniques and plugins etc. may all work on one photo, but not on another. It was an issue in the 'pre- computer age too. And then, every designer had a 'secret' way of creating masks.
'Fluid Mask' is the latest plug-in rage. ( it's no big deal') Then there's 'Knockout', again, no big deal. Mostly it's trial and error. Be prepared though, what works on this photo may not work as well on the next. Good luck
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