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- jaylarson0
NT RULES!
- version30
work smart not hard, charge the client for everything
- barbtastic0
that is pretty tight software
- jaylarson0
HOLY SHIT! Mask pro is fantastic. 12 min to do it. sure beats doing it by hand!
original:
mask pro:
thanks VV. now to put some extra effort into it to clean it up a bit.
BTW. since it is uploaded here, it can be used for PS Battles. Gracias. I will try to upload a better image with more detail in the sparks.
- jaylarson0
thanks barb. time flies when making a mask. i gotta get home and work on this some more. it'll be interesting to see how mask pro stacks up.
i need to get a wacom pad. using a mouse for this stuff sucks!
- barbtastic0
jay-
extract is under "Filters"
dupe yr layer, trace around yr sparks with a brush [loosley], then fill those areas, hit preview.
it will force out the edges and pop out the background. i use it all the time on hair n fur [hehe]
it's easy... any tutorial willl answer any speficic questions you have
- version30
nope
- jaylarson0
within the last week there was discussion of this vs/and fluid mask. have you used fluid mask too?
- version30
masking apps are awesome, it finds the lines and you fill them in like paint by numbers
in ps you could dupe the image and use find edges to build up your mask but the software is tighter and somewhat quicker
:D
- jaylarson0
VV, thanks. that's what i was thinking of. i will bring the image home and workie on it!
the mask is coming along as well. slow but working. the tricky part of this image as from the angle, the sparks illuminate the metal behind the saw. it makes extraction difficult.
- version30
Extensis Mask Pro
- Llyod0
sparks are so 2001
- jaylarson0
extract.
is that any different than creating a mask over the layer to expose colored sparks?
do you have any links to tutorials or any other info barb?
ta
- barbtastic0
jaylarson... using 'extract' to isolate the sparks from a dupe layer will save you a lot of grief
- jaylarson0
thanks. yep. there are a gazillion sparks. but hey, they are paying me and i got tunes.
enjoy the vodka.
peace.
- Nairn0
I meant I might consider simply gresycaling the source image, but before I do, take a dropper of the spark colour (blue, presumably) then, add another layer, paint over the sparks in blue then go through the layer options 'til I find one that looks right.
tbh, it's hard to say without seeing the image. the above method would suck if there're gazillions of sparks, so i'd probably use a combination of the above method with "select colour range" and a mask.
the vodka i've recently started drinking is kicking in, so i'm not sure if this makes sense.
If you post the pic tomorrow, i can look at it properly, if you like.
x
- jaylarson0
desaturation and extraction sound like good options. but "the best looking colour mode" ... i have G for gulible written on my forehead... i searched google for the phrase.
what didja mean nairn by manually coloring a layer?
as for uploading it for friday's ps battle. count on it! the image has some nice areas where the sparkes are bouncing off of. and being last weeks' (or the week before's) champ, i'd be intersted in what you come up with....
- barbtastic0
the extract tool [under filters] is made especially for this purpose
- Chief0
make a selection of everything but the sparks, then layer>layer mask> desaturate
- Nairn0
You could just enter it as the source image in tomorrow's PSB and see what you get back :)
..Probably nothing useful, of course, but hey.