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1. Re: Extract an object from its background
keneastman5 Mar 29, 2013 6:20 PM (in response to community help)I understand most of what was covered in the video. My question is this. I have a graphic (a JPEG of a head-silhouette) that is on a white background. When I put the JPEG on a colored background, the white area around the silhouette puts the head in a white box. Can I separate the head-silhouette from the rest of the JPEG so it, and it alone apear against the colored background?
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2. Re: Extract an object from its background
Curt Y Mar 29, 2013 6:46 PM (in response to keneastman5)You have to use a selection tool, like Quick Selection Tool, to outline just the head.
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3. Re: Extract an object from its background
keneastman5 Mar 29, 2013 7:04 PM (in response to Curt Y)I can do that, but not sure what to do once the head is outlined. How do I extract it from the white "box" around it and make it its own stand alone image?
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4. Re: Extract an object from its background
Curt Y Mar 29, 2013 7:07 PM (in response to keneastman5)One way is just to copy the selection, open a new document or another picture, and paste.
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5. Re: Extract an object from its background
Curt Y Mar 29, 2013 7:26 PM (in response to keneastman5)To resize and rotate click Ctrl T.
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6. Re: Extract an object from its background
keneastman5 Mar 30, 2013 1:13 PM (in response to Curt Y)That was very helpful. Thank you. I'll ask one more novice question. I would also like to have the silhouette (which is all black) to have a black outline, but be white inside of that. So, my plan was to copy the black-silhouette head to a second layer, then reduce it in size by about 2%-3%, recolor it to white and layer it on top of the black-silhouette. I'm not sure how to do the recoloring. In Paint, I just grab the bucket and click the head...done. How do I do it in PS?
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7. Re: Extract an object from its background
Curt Y Mar 30, 2013 3:54 PM (in response to keneastman5)If you have a selection and what to color it select the paint bucket. Also check out blend options like drop shadows. http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/tools/photoshop-drop-shadows/
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8. Re: Extract an object from its background
Noel Carboni Mar 30, 2013 4:45 PM (in response to keneastman5) -
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10. Re: Extract an object from its background
Noel Carboni Mar 30, 2013 4:57 PM (in response to conroy)I like that solution, conroy - it gets the whole job done in one fell swoop.
-Noel
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11. Re: Extract an object from its background
conroy Mar 30, 2013 5:03 PM (in response to Noel Carboni)Thanks! It was you who instructed me to use a glow to avoid the jaggies produced by a LS Stroke.
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12. Re: Extract an object from its background
Noel Carboni Mar 30, 2013 7:24 PM (in response to conroy)Yes, but I think I was focused on outer glow. It didn't occur to me to choke off an inner glow to both color the object and leave some space around the edges.
-Noel
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13. Re: Extract an object from its background
keneastman5 Apr 1, 2013 12:27 AM (in response to community help)Thank you for all the help!! Got done what I needed to get done. Gracias!