Then start tracing the outline of the girl as in the previous exercise with the apple. The more you zoom, more precisely will be your selection. What's the difference with the previous exercise? You shall be moooooore patient because you need moooore anchor points. What is the best tool to extract this beautiful girl? The pen tool. For this exercise I'm going to use this image of a model. To extract a person is less simple then to isolate an apple. Once you've finished, press ctrl+enter to activate the selection tool, shift+ctrl+I to inverse the selection and finally hit delete. Use the pen tool to trace the outline of the apple: We will use the pen to extract an apple.ĭon't you know how the pen tool work? Take a look at the" class="redactor-linkify-object">. Select this tool from the tool bar and set it in "paths mode". The pen tool allows you to create any kind of form and selection. treatment tutorial:īut what if you have to extract an object with a simple yet irregular form? In this case you have to use the Pen tool. Now that you have your screw extracted, you can use it for your compositions, as I did in this type" class="redactor-linkify-object">. Note 2: If you want to save an image with a transparent background, you have to choose. To unlock it double click on the image layer (into the layer window - bottom right) and hit ok in the window that appears. When you open an image in Photoshop this image is by default locked. Note: in case you don't see the transparent background, but still a white background, it means you haven't unlocked the background layer. Once you have your screw selected, inverse the selection by going to Select>Inverse (or press shift+ctrl+I) and hit delete. Instead if you don't hold down "Alt", the first click coincides with a point of the circumference. Why to press alt? In this way the first click coincides with the center of the circle. In this case if you want a circle you have to pres shift, while you don't have to press shift in case you want an ellipse. If you want to re-size an object without modifying its proportions, you have to press shift while resizing it. Why to press shift? Shift key is often used in Photoshop to maintain constant proportions. Now that it's easier to find the center of the screw head, grab the elliptical marquee tool, hold down alt and shift, left click on the center of the screw and drag until you select the entire object.
But before start using the selection tool we need to highlight the center of the screw. Since the form of the object to extract is a circle, we will use a circle selection to extract it. Grab the Elliptical Marquee Tool from the tool bar on the left. Let's suppose we want to remove this screw head from its background. Objects with simple forms are easy to be extracted.
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Exercise 1: How to extract simple form objects
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To unlock the background layer double click on it in the layers window (generally placed in the bottom-right) and hit ok in the window that appears.įor mac users: alt=options. Extract dark objects from white backgroundsīefore we start: in the following exercises I take for grant you'll unlock the background layer when you open a new image in Photoshop before start the exercise.to our RSS or follow" class="redactor-linkify-object">". Subscribe" class="redactor-linkify-object">. Here are 7 extraction techniques that will allow you to isolate and extract almost anything.ĭo you want to learn Photoshop basics with simple yet effective tutorials? Don't lose any article of this series. There is not a unique approach to this topic, but several techniques in according with the nature of the object to be extracted. While it's simple to extract a geometric figure from its background, it is difficult to do the same with a tree or a blonde flowing hair model. Extraction is one of the worst enemies for those who start using Photoshop.
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