tubs
20th of June 2005 (Mon), 23:36
Thanks to everybody who has offered suggestions on this issue. Unfortunately I still haven't come up with a solution which will work in an action. I've hiked through literally dozens of tutorials on the web, but haven't found what I want, so I'm asking here again. I'm using Photoshop CS.
Here's what I need: I have several dozen images from a shoot and the client wants a feathered edge on all of them. The images generally can't be cropped down much, because I composed them how I wanted when I shot them. To look sensible, the feather needs to run from 100% at the inside of the border region to 0% at the outside.
The problem: It is impossible to apply a feather to a selection invoked using 'select all'. This type of selection has only one feathering option called 'border', which works but looks silly at the corners where the feathering applies twice because of the effect of both edges.
How I get around it: To do a nice feathered edge manually, I use the rectangular marquis, with the feather set to the appropriate amount. I use this to select the entire image. I then invert the selection. The trick now is to hit delete 5 times, resulting in a nice even soft edge all around.
So what's the problem? I can't get the rectangular marquis to work in an action, because all images are different shapes and sizes. The action always uses the exact marquis that was used for the first image.
Can anybody tell me a way to make the rectangular marquis relative, so it always selects the whole image ? Or does anybody know a way to nudge in the selection from a 'select all' - maybe that will allow it to be feathered.
Cheers all.
Here's what I need: I have several dozen images from a shoot and the client wants a feathered edge on all of them. The images generally can't be cropped down much, because I composed them how I wanted when I shot them. To look sensible, the feather needs to run from 100% at the inside of the border region to 0% at the outside.
The problem: It is impossible to apply a feather to a selection invoked using 'select all'. This type of selection has only one feathering option called 'border', which works but looks silly at the corners where the feathering applies twice because of the effect of both edges.
How I get around it: To do a nice feathered edge manually, I use the rectangular marquis, with the feather set to the appropriate amount. I use this to select the entire image. I then invert the selection. The trick now is to hit delete 5 times, resulting in a nice even soft edge all around.
So what's the problem? I can't get the rectangular marquis to work in an action, because all images are different shapes and sizes. The action always uses the exact marquis that was used for the first image.
Can anybody tell me a way to make the rectangular marquis relative, so it always selects the whole image ? Or does anybody know a way to nudge in the selection from a 'select all' - maybe that will allow it to be feathered.
Cheers all.