| yesnno@att.net 2005-06-19, 7:15 pm |
| I also found selecting an object that has borders that "mingle" (or
blend, fade?) into the background rather difficult. Even more difficult
is an object that has this kind of borders as well as high contrast
borders. My attempts to use a single tool to make these selections got
me nowhere. Unfortunately I started out down this path following the
tutorials in the books. But the authors cheat like crazy by using hand
picked examples that can be selected easily with a single tool.
What finally works for me is to make a (very) rough selection first,
then get into Quick Mask, paint with different brushes with different
opacity/flow, optionally applying Gausian Blur to the mask, and finally
get out of Quick Mask for the selection I want. This works far better
than using any single tool to make a good selection.
I don't use a tablet for this, but have been told that they will make
the painting part easier and more accurate.
maria wrote:
>
> Nicholas,
>
> The problem is that most of the time I don't have high-contrast
> backgrounds. Too many times, the borderline color of the subject
> mingles with the neighboring colors. It is a pain in the neck to
> isolate those places by using the mouse to draw some solid
> high-contrast separation line. Then I can use the Photoshop lassos.
> I need the tablet to draw those lines by hand, not with the mouse.
> This is the main difference here. Using my hand instead of the mouse.
> Thank you!
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