on 09/01/2003 4:43 pm, Jack Lowe: > On 9/1/03 11:54, Sam Moxon wrote: > >> Can any photoshop users shed a little light on the best way to tackle a cut >> out of loose hair strands and the spaces inbetween when cutting onto a >> darker background. I'm on PS6 and can't quite get it to look right. > > Dear Sam, > > I expect a very accurate mask already exists (although it will need working > on to make it perfect) in the channels palette. > > About 6 weeks ago I posted quite a comprehensive note on how to produce such > a mask, which a few people told me they had saved as they found it so > useful. Maybe somebody might have it, if appropriate? If not, I'm > perfectly happy to go through it again - Martin also describes the process > in his book but, for a really good resource on this topic, check out > 'PhotoShop Channel Chops' by David Biedny et al.
Thanks to all that responded to this thread and especially to Tariq Dajani who forwarded Jacks previous posting on this subject. I suspect it's time that I delved deeper into channel chops, I can feel a book coming on. Regards Sam Moxon =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
