Feathered cutout psd
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- jimzyk
Has anyone had any experience with doing feathered cutouts in photoshop?
Client wants a 'feathered' effect instead of a sharp cutout. Is this possible? The only way i can think of doing it is by not using a typical clipping path and by feathering a selection - and bringing it to a new blank layer.
But when I try this it seems to slightly affect the colour of objects behind it when placed in indesign.
Anyone got any knowledge on this?
- jimzyk0
cheers elpaso - have you ever come across an issue where the mask would effect the colour of the object behind in indesign?
i thought this may be a colour profile issue but all my profiles are the same...
- Make sure the image is CMYK.imadesigner
- yup it is still get some tiny colour value changes... really not sure whyjimzyk
- CMYK is not the issue. I'd be OK in RGB too, with the right colormanagment settings.stewart
- yeah i've always had them managed through Bridge. but checked the images, documents, everything, but still get an annoying little colour glitch behind my placed imagejimzyk
- ... get an annoying little colour glitch behind my placed imagejimzyk
- indian_pole0
keep it as a psd and bring it into indesign as a layer.
- tried bringing it in on a seperate layer too but no joy, yeah i've had it as a PSD all along. no joyjimzyk
- Super_Black0
Not meaning to piss on your situation here, bro, but if I ever encountered this: "...client wants a 'feathered' effect...", I'm not sure whether I'd laugh hysterically or punch the client in throat. Or both.
- *theSuper_Black
- i did both,,,, then i criedjimzyk
- Anger then acceptance. What a life we lead.acrossthesea
- Gucci0
Your colours may be shifting because of your document colour setup in indesign. Check to make sure it's set the same as your photoshop. eg: SWOP vs. North America General, etc. And then also make sure your working colour space is the same as PS - should be Adobe RGB somethingorother (not exactly sure of the name at the moment)...
- yeah that exactly what i thought. but i have my colour setting managed. all programs are the same. strange...jimzyk
- DeSiard0
I think the color shift you're seeing is where the feathered edge is mixing with (or screening out) the background color. I've seen this happen and cause a halo around whatever i was working with. Sometimes changing the blending mode can help. But usually it's just a nasty side effect of dealing with a feathered edge. To make it look right, you'll probably have to build the whole image (background included) in photoshop. And then place it into indesign.
- monospaced0
jimzyk
Don't trust it until you print it. You have printed it, right?
- < its the nature of indesign to have lower quality, on screen previews. Of course there is slight color shifting.baseline_shift
- jimzyk0
Yeah i've printed in the office here on our printer, it's not visible, but thats not saying it won't come when it goes on the press...
The preview thing is actually slightly visible in the pdf (not in indesign). when brought into photoshop i can see the tiny colour value changes on the background colour just behind my masked image.
It's a strange one, can't help think I'm doing something stoopid...
- rascuache0
Just do what DieSiard said - create the whole background in Potatoshop.
It probably would be finished by now, rather than trying to trace some weird glitch :)
- gentleman0
you could just wait for wet proofs