salsa-king

if I want to crop/cut out a pic of my car from a photo, whats the best way to cut around the object, which lassoo (sp) setting do i pick?

do you roughly lassoo cut around the object, then re lassoo around that so you can COPY it, then paste it onanother picture, then erase the rough edges of the car to show the new background through?


Is blowing up/enlarging it to a big picture the better way to see what edge you erase out?



SJSkyline did show me, but I've forgot how to do it as he did it so quick lol


Phil

GazTheHat

Try the computer-section salsa, some photoshop nerds in there, or photography will be able to help no doubt.

Puppetmaster

I personally use the pen tool... especially if it is a hardlines object. Zoom in to your hearts content.
I only really use the lassoo for rough cutting and pasting
But thats me

salsa-king

so you can use the pen to draw around the object then cut it out?

Avi

I use the pen tool

This is a good tutorial on using the pen tool to cutout objects


How to use Photoshop's Pen Tool - Online Tutorial at Melissa Clifton page 1

salsa-king

tnx, i've tried that link and came up with this..

quick play on PS... that actualy hours!!


took a while tho, but I'm getting the idea

what you think?

unclebuck

Err, I think that's a bloke in drag?

Seriously though, you need to crop your selection more to get rid of the 'halo'.

There are some really good tutorials on that website. I'm going to try some line drawing, I've always wondered how that's done in Photoshop. Will post the results....

Puppetmaster

Pen is the best for me as you can get in really close and adjust all of the anchor points and lines.
If you just just go around and click the points in the anchors won't be adjustable... if when you put the anchor in you drag the point slightly before releasing the mouse button, two control arms will appear which will mean that the line can be adjusted.
Might not make any sense.. give it and some tutorials a blast

unclebuck

Thanks for the link. She covers some techniques in there that I've always wanted instruction on. (ooeerrr missus!!) Very useful.

Lee247

oooh, Glad I've seen this
How do I take a pic and get rid of all but the heads, does that make sense
I don't want to use the heads for anything, just take away everthing else, TIA

unclebuck

I tried the 'turn any photograph into a line drawing' tutorial earlier. Cropped my Greeves engine from a photograph, and followed the proceedure. Worked great, just like a pen and ink render you might see in any manual.



I can make use of this.

Puppetmaster

As much as I'd like to claim the link... Avi did Good tutorial though

Lee247

That's great UB, but doesn't help my question

Puppetmaster

Nice... very nice...

Puppetmaster

Well 84.. you can either do some pen work around the heads... make a selection.. then invert the selection then delete... that should leave all but the heads.
or you can mask the heads off and take the eraser to the entire image...

Lee247

Could you, err, sort of, do it in stages 1,2,3 please, ta

unclebuck

I'll do it for you -


If you can give me some free accountancy in return...

Puppetmaster

Am afraid I haven't used the program in while :/

The tutorial Avi posted a link to should be a good help. Basically follow that tutorial...

Make a selection as it says in the end... then either right click and highlight invert selection... or go up to the menu and the invert selection should be there somewhere ...

Hit delete then that should just leave you with the heads....

Sorry.. it has been a while since I have used it and very rusty

Lee247

Thank you Puppetmaster
UB, pm me if you need any help

Puppetmaster

My pleasure
Can always do it for you it you would like

Lee247

I might take you up on that. I'll see how I get on. Thank you

salsa-king

a man in drag!! no!!!!!!! shes lovely.


what Halo do you mean, i used the pen and even pulled tighter on the ancor points too with the cursor too. like in that website 'how to'

unclebuck

That's what all the 'boys' say...

There's a kind of white band around her head, upper body, and the rh car door and wing mirror IIRC. It would help to sort that out. Did I notice you added a blue outline around it? That would work better IMO if the above was sorted out.

salsa-king

that might be a little of the original pic it cut from, ie: the background/sky around the hair.
i used the FILTER to get the blue/neon effect on the background
I then pasted the car/girl over the layer 1, then did the effect on layer 1, keeping the car/girl as layer 2 separate.

unclebuck

Had a quick play with the Pen Tool earlier and came up with this - based on an image of my former girlfriend..



Quite pleased so far. Will update as I add more detail.

salsa-king

how did you do it?

unclebuck

A mixture of guile, tact, and devastating English charm mate.

She was a Ukrainian living in L.A. and a great companion whilst I was working out there a year or so ago.

As for the Pen Tool, look up the Photoshop tutorial on that website.

Diesel

How did she smell?

[wot with no nose an' that]

D

unclebuck

LOL What part of - Quite pleased so far. Will update as I add more detail. - did you not understand?

zip106

Feckin' hell, Phil!
I know I haven't seen you for years but there's NO way I'd recognise you now......you never had legs that manly before, and as for that ****.....