Hi Shel, and thanks Bill and Godfrey for your assistance.
No image to post as yet, but if you look at the link Godfrey posted, its
similar. The body
still has some
transparancy to it but you can see a trace of a body out line.
What i'm trying to do is have an outline of a camera body only, no interior,
preferably
one square to the
monitor, not on a skew, and remove all of the camera except a small out line of
the body,
so i can insert
text.
Sort of like tracing an out line using trace paper over a picture and a light
table.
Hope that makes sense.
Dave
> Dave,
>
> I'm not clear on what you want to do. How about clarifying your intent and
> posting the pic. There are many ways to make an extraction or remove
> background depending on the image.
>
> Shel
>
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Date: 3/8/2006 1:22:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: PS Question.
> >
> > Humm. I think the trace method might be the only way.
> >
> > I read in Scott Kelby's book a bit on extracting a subject and moving to
> another picture.
> > I wonder if you
> > can set it up to just extract a small edge or such.??
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > > Without actually trying them I can think of a
> > couple of ways. One would
> > > to use the old fashion way from film days to make successive high
> > > contrast versions until the outline is about all that is left. The
> other
> > > would be a variation of what you mention. Set up a new layer and trace
> > > the cameras outline in in it then delete the other layers. The finally
> > > look between these two methods would be completely different.
> > >
> > > graywolf
> > > http://www.graywolfphoto.com
> > > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf
> > > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"
> > > -----------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave Brooks wrote:
> > > > I'd ask this in the Photoshop forum, but nobody likes me over
> there.:-)
> > > >
> > > > Say you have a picture of a camera body and you want to make an out
> line of
> > > > that body. Is there a way to extract say a mm or mm and a bit of the
> outside edge or
> > do
> > you just
> > > > trace around it with the pencil tool and clean up the edges with
> transform or such.
> > > >
> > > > I won't be around a computer with PS on it for a day or two, so i
> thought i best ask
> > incase i start
> > > > off doing something the hard way first.<g>
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > David J Brooks
> > > > Equine, Pets, Bands, Rural Landscape Photography in York Region
> > > > www.caughtinmotion.com
> > > > Pentax istD, PZ-1, Nikon D1 D2H
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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