03-22-2018, 11:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-22-2018, 11:22 PM by Espermaschine.)
Well for quick and fun photoshopping joke type images, i make a selection with the Lasso Tool, while zoomed in real closely, then initiate a layermask from selection.
For stuff that needs to be very precise i use the Paths Tool to make the selection. But in my case i always use Inkscape because its much easier to get the curves right.
The removal of a background, thats like the holy grail of image manipulation. And a bit of a fetish.
From my experience you will very rarely need it and when you do, you chose an image that is suitable, instead of pulling your hair out in frustration over a tiny blurry one, with bad contrast.
Its a popular topic for videotutorials and there are a bunch of tricks you can apply (like making a layermask by desaturating an image and adjusting black and white points with the Levels Tool), but they dont always work in reality as the best case scenario of a tutorial wants to make you think.
As always, the most important question is: what are you trying to achieve and what is the best (image)material for the job ?
For stuff that needs to be very precise i use the Paths Tool to make the selection. But in my case i always use Inkscape because its much easier to get the curves right.
The removal of a background, thats like the holy grail of image manipulation. And a bit of a fetish.
From my experience you will very rarely need it and when you do, you chose an image that is suitable, instead of pulling your hair out in frustration over a tiny blurry one, with bad contrast.
Its a popular topic for videotutorials and there are a bunch of tricks you can apply (like making a layermask by desaturating an image and adjusting black and white points with the Levels Tool), but they dont always work in reality as the best case scenario of a tutorial wants to make you think.
As always, the most important question is: what are you trying to achieve and what is the best (image)material for the job ?