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Posted on 25/10/11 12:58:13 PM |
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chris berry
Overhead Overlord Posts: 724 Reply  |
Hair cut
I need to remove the cream background so the hair in this shot is against the cloudy sky. Tried background eraser and failed dismally. Is there a technique I can use for this?  |
Posted on 25/10/11 4:17:15 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3880 Reply  |
Re: Hair cut
Have a look at the Channels palette and see which gives you the most contrast. Work on a duplicate of that channel to increase the contrast. You will need to, probably, get the background totally white and the hair and face are totally black then invert the channel so that the hair and face is white and Ctrl/Cmd click on the channel to select it. Cmd J will then put it all on a separate layer. It's a finicky job but it can be done. Let me know if you need further info. The book you need to read for this is Katrin Eismann's on Masking & Compositing. Gordon _________________ My neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30am this morning, can you believe that 2:30am?! Luckily for him I was still up playing my Bagpipes. |
Posted on 25/10/11 6:55:11 PM |
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chris berry
Overhead Overlord Posts: 724 Reply |
Re: Hair cut
Thanks Gordon Found an online tutorial and that's exactly what it said - and it worked! Thanks for the book recommendation. Chris |
Posted on 25/10/11 6:56:06 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3880 Reply |
Re: Hair cut
Result! _________________ You're never too old to learn something stupid. |