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06-11-2007, 10:31 PM
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I understand how to extract (I'm using 5.5) but it seems to work best with a transparent background. I'd like to extract a digital portrait of a child and put it on a black background. Anybody able to help? Richard | ||
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06-11-2007, 10:31 PM
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Richard wrote: > I understand how to extract (I'm using 5.5) but it seems to work best with > a transparent background. I'd like to extract a digital portrait of a child > and put it on a black background. Anybody able to help? > > Richard Make a new layer, fill ir with black, drag it below the other layer. You'll have to clean up the edges of the extracted portrait. -- Comic book sketches and artwork: http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html | ||
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06-11-2007, 10:32 PM
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And you can use the History brush to restore any little edge details that were erased. Peter Cowie "edjh" <edjhann@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:J_hXa.237$jq.100@fe01.atl2.webusenet.com... > Richard wrote: > > I understand how to extract (I'm using 5.5) but it seems to work best with > > a transparent background. I'd like to extract a digital portrait of a child > > and put it on a black background. Anybody able to help? > > > > Richard > Make a new layer, fill ir with black, drag it below the other layer. > > You'll have to clean up the edges of the extracted portrait. > > > -- > Comic book sketches and artwork: > http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html > > | ||
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06-11-2007, 10:32 PM
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res0r89p wrote: > And you can use the History brush to restore any little edge details that > were erased. Right. Although I never erase if I can avoid it. Layer Masks are better for a number of reasons. -- Comic book sketches and artwork: http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html | ||
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06-11-2007, 10:36 PM
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edjh <edjhann@hotmail.com> wrote in news:J_hXa.237$jq.100@fe01.atl2.webusenet.com: > Richard wrote: >> I understand how to extract (I'm using 5.5) but it seems to work best >> with a transparent background. I'd like to extract a digital portrait >> of a child and put it on a black background. Anybody able to help? >> >> Richard > Make a new layer, fill ir with black, drag it below the other layer. > > You'll have to clean up the edges of the extracted portrait. > I tried that method and got a pretty poor result. But I'll give it another try. Richard | ||
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