try using the replace colour tool if there is enough contast between subject & the background this will isolate the background then move the saturation slider to de saturate and the lightness slider to lighter hope this helps
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Kenward Sent: 23 November 2003 15:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PRODIG] lightening a background In message Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Becky Hill writes >I'm cleaning up some still life images and wondered if there is an easy way >of making a light grey background white, without affecting the main object - >is it just a case of selecting the object and altering the background in >levels / curves or is there a simpler way. Dear Becky In the absence of replies from the experts here and in case you are waiting for responses, I will try to assist. If you really do only want to restrict your corrections to the background and want your alterations have absolutely no effect on the subject, then you have to select exactly. This means using paths manually which you turn into a selection and inverse to make it select the background. Take care use a feather radius above zero, or you will have an unreal edge to your subject....it's resolution dependent so I cannot advise. Hope that helps. Now what are we both doing working on a Sunday afternoon! Cheers Richard -- Special rates for top quality drum scanning that is not time critical. See Labs section at www.prodig.org (and email for pdf)or ring +44 (0)1873 890670 =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
