Photoshop Masking Mastery Video: Please post your group's assigned tutorial instructions as a comment on this post.
Title: Masking Mastery: _________ Tool/Process (your assigned tool/process)
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When to Use: (be specific to set aside from other tools/processes)
Instructions:
orange- Pen tool
ReplyDeleteSelect the pen tool, and zoom in real close.
Make a path around your object and always return to where you started.
Hover over starting point, and right click.
You can always go back and modify the path.
Using the EXCTRACTING tool
ReplyDeleteThe extraction tool is useful when you are separating the foreground from the background. This differs from the MAGIC WAND tool in that you can select thin or hard to cut out pieces of the foreground. The steps to get to the tool are:
Filter
Extract (A new screen comes up with your image in the middle)
Select the Edge Highlighter tool from the top left icon list (shaped like a highlighter/felt pen)
Highlight the areas of the foreground that you want to keep (keeping part of the foreground and part of the background)
*Lower brush size by going to the Tool Options on the right side of the screen
Select Fill tool from top left icon list after selection of foreground. Click on the
Foreground (turns a blueish color)
Press the “preview” button on the left hand side. This previews what the
foreground will look like.
If shapes don’t look quite right you can use the Cleanup tools in the left hand
Side (Sharpen edges, Cleanup, etc.)
When you are satisfied press OK
If the lighting in your foreground is different from the background go to IMAGE on the top screen
select Exposure. Play with the balance until it matches
And you are done
magic wand and magnetic lasso
ReplyDeleteChain
File> open> get your photo
Magic wand>select background> add a new layer>double click background layer in layer taskbar> okay(on screen that pops up)> delete
This would be for a solid color background
Pair.
Magnetic Lasso tool
File>open>get your photo
Magnetic lasso> move along edge of foreground> connect with the end> new layer> hit select button on top> inverse>double click background in layer taskbar> delete
At any time zoom in and hit the spacebar to get the hand tool, this way you can drag your picture
To get rid of any excess background,
Hold down ctrl>select layer> modify> contract> inverse selection>choose how many pixels you want to delete around the edge >hit okay or delete
This tool is to get rid of a solid background or even to cut out the center of an image (NO inverse)
by nicole W, amanda, marilee, evan,