If you plan to put a new background underneath whatever you are cutting out, it makes sense to match the general tone from old to new. You could use the Channels Panel combined with tools such as the Magic Wand to get a selection. Quick Mask would allow you to 'paint' areas you want to be part of a selection. Click and drag over an area you want to select. Add a checkmark to the Auto-Enhance option in the Options bar. may possibly get a good starting selection, as mentioned in the comments above. Select the Quick Selection tool in the Tools panel. Photoshop does an amazing job of determining what is the Background and what is the fur, and eliminates the unwanted parts of the Background sky. Trying to remember CS2: Select > Color Range. To use the edge detection Tool, check the Smart Radius box and paint around the edge of the Hair. Hint: If you’d like to use the “output to” option to output to a different location such as a Layer Mask, be sure that you are not on the Background layer (You can hold Alt/Opt and double click on the background to change it to a regular layer). Keep looking for what makes the Hair more defined and realistic looking- it might be helpful to shift the edge inwards a little bit. The Magic Wand is nested behind the Quick Selection Tool in Photoshop CS3. Play around with the Contrast and shift edge as well. If youre using Photoshop CS2 or earlier, you can select the Magic Wand simply. You might want to Soften the edge a little, and you can do this by feathering. It has never been easier to make selections that don’t look like they were cut and pasted. The Quick Select Tool has changed all that. In this dialogue box you can choose which view is most helpful to you. In the past, you may have avoided most of the Selection Tools in Photoshop because they were not easy to use. Wherever you drag the mouse, the selection follows until you finally let go of the mouse.
because the lion has so much detailed fluff, a lot of the sky shows through and the hair is not defined at all. The Lasso tool lets you create a freeform outline of a selection. In this episode, we use the Magic Wand Tool to select the sky around the lion, and then Invert that selection.
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If you have a complicated selection to make such as hair, let us introduce you to your new best friend: the Refine Edge Tool! Learn how to master the Tool and get flawless results in today’s episode! How to Use the Refine Edge Toolīegin by using whichever Selection Tool you prefer.
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