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Sonic Max
Joined: 01 May 2005
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 Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 9:50 am Post subject: Need a Mask for Colorizing B & W |
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Crew...
Putting together a band group photo for CD promotional purposes (my CD is about to be released!)...each band member having their own set of layers. One of the members' photo image is in B & W...so I wanted to add a flesh tone to make him look real (& be uniform in appearance w/ the other members...whose photo images are all in color.)
I'm on a transparent background...so I need to make the fill color layer obviously the same shape & size as his head, so it doesn't bleed out into the transparent background. His two layers consist of his head & his shirt. On the shirt layer...I've already painstakingly traced the outline with the lasso tool, inverted it; & deleted everything but that color filled selection in a layer behind his shirt...reduced the transparency of his B & W shirt layer 'till it looked real; & all was fine.
But that's a pain in the butt !!!
Is there some way (Photoshop 6) to create a selection based on the exact shape & size of his head (on that layer); & transfer it to a color layer for the above type of processing?
The head (& the shirt) were traced & cut from original photos...so they're only the perfect shape/size of the subject, w/ no background.
Is there an easier way to do this?
Thanks,
Sonic Max |
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swanseamale47
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
Posts: 1478
Location: Swansea UK
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You might be able to do it with alpha channels, have a look for a channel with lots of contrast, duplicate it and do a threshold on it, black out any bits missing and use that to make your selection from. Wayne |
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Gallo_Pinto
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
Posts: 785
Location: BC, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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*this might not work in PS 6*
let's say you had you layer with the head on it. Then above it you make your layer that will ad the flesh tone. Obviously yo've been thinking about ways to mask it so it fits. Try ctrl-clicking on the line between the two layers. if that version of photoshop supports it the upper layer will only be visible where it overlaps the layer underneath it.
If you still need to get the colour out of his hair, etc,,, you can stil use a layer mask. And it would be easy because you would nat have to worry about tracing the outline of the head.
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