jesshen
17th of March 2005 (Thu), 22:21
Hi, I am new and have recently gotten PS Elements 3. This is my first exposure to Photoshop, I have only done things in Microsoft Digital Image Pro before. I have read the Sticky on Photoshop selections, but still have some questions.
Say I want to make a fairly close-up cut-out of a person with lots of wispy hair to put on a card; or I want to make a cut-out of a long-haired rough collie dog (like Lassie); is this possible in Elements 3 without great trouble? I have been trying to accomplish this using the various selection tools, but they are all very difficult to use with this type of subject.
I read in Rick Sammon's book about using the Extract filter, and I looked for it in my Elements 3 and couldn't find it? Then I read about using the Magic Wand. This was hard with the collie, because he is part sable (brown), part white, and when I adjust the pixel tolerance higher, it went wild and selected the background too.
Is the sort of thing I am trying to do, impossible in Elements 3? The tools for hard edges just don't seem to get it, plus it includes a lot of the background with it, and I am not sure how best to do this. Any hints or instructions would be very helpful, thank you in advance. I am using pictures from our trusty G2.
Jessica
Say I want to make a fairly close-up cut-out of a person with lots of wispy hair to put on a card; or I want to make a cut-out of a long-haired rough collie dog (like Lassie); is this possible in Elements 3 without great trouble? I have been trying to accomplish this using the various selection tools, but they are all very difficult to use with this type of subject.
I read in Rick Sammon's book about using the Extract filter, and I looked for it in my Elements 3 and couldn't find it? Then I read about using the Magic Wand. This was hard with the collie, because he is part sable (brown), part white, and when I adjust the pixel tolerance higher, it went wild and selected the background too.
Is the sort of thing I am trying to do, impossible in Elements 3? The tools for hard edges just don't seem to get it, plus it includes a lot of the background with it, and I am not sure how best to do this. Any hints or instructions would be very helpful, thank you in advance. I am using pictures from our trusty G2.
Jessica