Views
650
Replies
6
Status
Closed
"Freddie Maranzano" wrote in message
Hi Freddie,
There are quite a few solutions, as well as ways of extracting your original image. If you started out by using the magic wand, as many people do, that could be the source of the problem.
Photoshop’s Filter>Extract… command can do a beautiful job of removing the original matte color, so you may want to check out a tutorial on the correct use of that command. If this is not relevant to your problem, or otherwise does not improve things, there are at least two commands may help with this. First get your extracted image on a separate layer. Then use one of these two procedures
1) Layer>Matting>Remove Black Matte – will quickly remove the black for most cases. It will fail if the layer has large feathered edges.
2) If that doesn’t work, use Select>Load Selection… to load the selection from the transparency information of the extracted layer. Then use Selection>Refine Edge… and click on Preview. Select the icon for a white background, and use the various sliders to adjust your selection. Once you have it looking good, click OK, invert the selection and press the delete key to clean up the layer. This method has the problem that you are deleting part of the edge to get rid of the black fringe.
If none of the above methods work, there are any number of techniques that might work for your particular image. I suggest that you post a sample of the image for people to look at and make more specific suggestions. If necessary, join Flickr.com or a similar site, post your image, and provide a link to it here.
—
Mike Russell – www.curvemeister.com
Hello,
I have need to extract an image froma a white background for place this image on a black background on a flash file.
The problem is that there is a white halo that is ugly to see. I heve tried to select the white colors, on Safe for web command, to render transparent but the result is not fine.
There’s a solution?
I hope of to have been clear and sorry for my english… 🙂
Hi Freddie,
There are quite a few solutions, as well as ways of extracting your original image. If you started out by using the magic wand, as many people do, that could be the source of the problem.
Photoshop’s Filter>Extract… command can do a beautiful job of removing the original matte color, so you may want to check out a tutorial on the correct use of that command. If this is not relevant to your problem, or otherwise does not improve things, there are at least two commands may help with this. First get your extracted image on a separate layer. Then use one of these two procedures
1) Layer>Matting>Remove Black Matte – will quickly remove the black for most cases. It will fail if the layer has large feathered edges.
2) If that doesn’t work, use Select>Load Selection… to load the selection from the transparency information of the extracted layer. Then use Selection>Refine Edge… and click on Preview. Select the icon for a white background, and use the various sliders to adjust your selection. Once you have it looking good, click OK, invert the selection and press the delete key to clean up the layer. This method has the problem that you are deleting part of the edge to get rid of the black fringe.
If none of the above methods work, there are any number of techniques that might work for your particular image. I suggest that you post a sample of the image for people to look at and make more specific suggestions. If necessary, join Flickr.com or a similar site, post your image, and provide a link to it here.
—
Mike Russell – www.curvemeister.com
Related Tags
How to Master Sharpening in Photoshop
Give your photos a professional finish with sharpening in Photoshop. Learn to enhance details, create contrast, and prepare your images for print, web, and social media.