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herc · 09-01-2004, 01:02 PM

lol here is my version-- also if you know you are doing a white background, you can sometimes feather around the image to make the edges less rough--
eta-- that is under select, and i dont usually ever do over 1 pixel. for some things it works and looks great, others not so much.
heather

Kori · 09-01-2004, 01:14 PM

I tried to make the edges better. Does it look the same? LOL! Do you want it this small or do you have a bigger one?

anise · 09-01-2004, 01:32 PM

Another option for precision is creating a path with the pen tool and then converting your path to a selection.

Another option is to use the Filter->Extract function and highlight over the edges of what youw ant to extract.

anise · 09-01-2004, 01:37 PM

This was done with the Extract function.

(i cna't save it as a gif right now because for some reason i cnat undestand doing so makes photoshop crash, and since im working i can't have that right now. but you get the idea.)

and then of course you'd just do a quick clean up with the eraser.

herc · 09-01-2004, 02:09 PM

Amber--
I cant ever get the extract tool to work right! I have tried it a few times, and just can't make it work! Dh just got knockout (a plugin by Corel) and he really likes it, so I might try it soon.
Gotta run-- if you have any tips for the extract, I would love to hear them

heather

anise · 09-01-2004, 02:30 PM

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Originally posted by herc
Amber--
I cant ever get the extract tool to work right! I have tried it a few times, and just can't make it work! Dh just got knockout (a plugin by Corel) and he really likes it, so I might try it soon.
Gotta run-- if you have any tips for the extract, I would love to hear them
heather

Hmm. I don't really have any tips. I guess just make sure you're using a highlighter diameter that adequately covers the edge of what you want to preserve. And make sure you overlap--you need to get the edge of what you want to preserve with a bit of the background.

*shrug* i've never had a real problem with it, so i dont know. But this feature is *invaluable* for extracting irregular foregrounds, like anything with hair or feathers or other fine lines that would be all but impossible to catch with any other method. I love the extract feature!