On Jun 28, 6:34 am, "Sam Kirkpatrick" <bsamms1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I have an Eagle that I want to move to a different background. The
problem
> I have is that the bird's edges are very detailed in spots due to the
> feathers and some of the current background is visible between the fine
> feathers. I tried selecting using the magnetic lasso but it gets
tedious
> quickly when I'm trying to surround these hundreds of fine feathers,
plus
> its going to look too sharp once moved to the new background.
Suggestions
> for moving this finely detailed bird? Pointers to any on-line sources
would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
With all due respect to previous posts, with which I do not disagree,
I refer you to a method described in Deke McClelland's book, "Macworld
Photoshop 4 Bible." I know, I know, it's outdated, but the problem you
have is the problem he addresses in that book. As someone already
mentioned, "This is old school."
We're talking about masking & Deke tells you how to do that. The
techniques the previous posts are describing is masking an image, and
they do a good job. (BTW, I've never masked, using channels, but I've
gone to selected channels for other purposes.) Once you've masked an
image, you can move it to whatever background you want, as Deke
describes.
As illustration, Deke uses a child image with frizzy hair, much like
your eagle feathers. I can't give you the details because I might
violate copyright, and it would be too long for this post. I think I
can give you the steps he describes in accompli****ng what you want to
do. You might search eBay for his book or a similar Macworld Photoshop
Bible or similar title for Windows.
The steps he describes will be familiar to you from previous posts. 1.
"Browse the color channels." 2. "Copy the channel." 3. "Choose
>Filter>Other>High Pass." 4. "Choose Image>Adjust>Levels" 5. "Use the
lasso tool to remove the big stuff you don't need." 6. "Erase inside
the lines with the block eraser." 7. "Switch to color composite view."
8. "Convert the mask channel to a selection." 9. "Drag the selection
and drop it into a different image." Remember, a mask is also a
selection, but it has to be converted to one before you can do
anything with it.
Hopefully, I'll not be sued for violating copyright in telling you
this much. Google for your problem and look for books by McClelland on
PS, esp. the "bibles" he's authored. He covers Photoshop basics very
well, and most of us, I think, need guidance on the basics, which do
include masking. Previous posts have given you good advice.
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