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dyindyinjohnson
post Oct 30 2009, 12:52 PM
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Okay so I have this image:



And I cannot find an easy and effective way to remove the blue background that keeps the hair and body intact.

Please help!
 
JonHMChan
post Oct 30 2009, 01:18 PM
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Take a look at these techniques:

http://www.sitepoint.com/print/masking-techniques-photoshop/
 
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post Oct 30 2009, 01:37 PM
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I need a technique that is a good way to get around hair, but one of the issues is when I do techniques like them, there will be parts of hair that still have blue around them. And they are hard to clean up, without making the hair look weird.
 
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post Oct 30 2009, 02:42 PM
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Nothing's going to give you a one-click solution. You'll have to zoom in and do the hair carefully.
 
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post Oct 30 2009, 02:45 PM
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What I do when I need to make a cob out of something is do a ctrl+j, make a new layer in-between the two copies and fill it with a bright color such as #ec008c. Then I zoom in a lot to erase the background. However I don't really erase around the hair just yet since I use a softer brush for that area. Just remember that it takes patience and a steady hand. thumbsup.gif
 
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post Oct 30 2009, 03:00 PM
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QUOTE(manny-the-dino @ Oct 30 2009, 02:45 PM) *
What I do when I need to make a cob out of something is do a ctrl+j, make a new layer in-between the two copies and fill it with a bright color such as #ec008c. Then I zoom in a lot to erase the background. However I don't really erase around the hair just yet since I use a softer brush for that area. Just remember that it takes patience and a steady hand. thumbsup.gif


Yeah, it's a pain in the butt but whatcha gonna do? lol.
 
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post Nov 2 2009, 11:00 PM
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If you're worried about the hair in particular, this tutorial is pretty good from what I've scanned of it: http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop...rbps_5agirl.htm
 
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post Nov 3 2009, 06:29 AM
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i've had the same problem... thanks for the tutorial, seems helpful!
 
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post Nov 3 2009, 08:53 AM
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It's generally very difficult to deal with hair when removing or replacing the background. Any one tool will not do the trick; the best methods I've discovered involve masking, and touch-ups using brushes afterwards. Again, take a good look at the tutorials I posted - they do a great job of explaining what I mean.
 

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