Removing background from images

2008-11-25

I am finding this too hard, I googled and found some companies that do this sort of thing, has anyone tried them? Is clipping path the same as deepetching. http://www.deepetch.com seems to be one good one, I also saw http://www.rapidclipping.com/Photosh...pping/home.htm and http://www.ezyclipping.com. Has anyone had any experience with this sort of thing. My catalog has over 300 images of jewelery and jackets with fur fitted on manequins due in two weeks, all shot on a blue studio background. Do I require alpha channel masking? Can anyone help please?

sentinels · 2008-11-25 #2

my method involves using the lasso to select my object, jumping directly to a quickmask (keyboard shortcut: Q), using different brushes to further define my mask area, exiting quickmask mode, selecting the inverse, clicking on the 'mask' icon in the layers palette and viola! done.

Andy-M · 2008-11-25 #3

I use a similar method to sentinels.

1. Layer -> Layer Mask -> Reveal All
2. I then use the polygon lasso tool to cut around the image leaving a small gap.
3. I use the paintbrush tool and brush over the areas I want to cover, while cleaning it up using the eraser tool.

An alternative to 3 (if you've got an easy object and you're not too picky) is to use the Magnetic Lasso tool, set your feather to some value, then run Magnetic Lasso in your mask and then clean it up with the paintbrush/eraser method.

Edit: I just realized you have a lot of photos to do and this might not be the fastest way. Since it's all on blue screen, you could use the Magic Wand tool on the blue background, then simply paint bucket in the mask area to remove it. The mask would still be a good idea since you can clean up the edges a bit better that way. Also, start at the highest resolution and then resize down AFTER you've keyed out the background. Resizing will hide some of the imperfections on the edges.

squid0010 · 2008-11-26 #4

you are talking about rendering, if you search it on google some tuts might come up about it, there are a few methods but you should let people who are better than me at it help you

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	sentinels	2008-11-25 #2
	my method involves using the lasso to select my object, jumping directly to a quickmask (keyboard shortcut: Q), using different brushes to further define my mask area, exiting quickmask mode, selecting the inverse, clicking on the 'mask' icon in the layers palette and viola! done.

	Andy-M	2008-11-25 #3
	I use a similar method to sentinels. 1. Layer -> Layer Mask -> Reveal All 2. I then use the polygon lasso tool to cut around the image leaving a small gap. 3. I use the paintbrush tool and brush over the areas I want to cover, while cleaning it up using the eraser tool. An alternative to 3 (if you've got an easy object and you're not too picky) is to use the Magnetic Lasso tool, set your feather to some value, then run Magnetic Lasso in your mask and then clean it up with the paintbrush/eraser method. Edit: I just realized you have a lot of photos to do and this might not be the fastest way. Since it's all on blue screen, you could use the Magic Wand tool on the blue background, then simply paint bucket in the mask area to remove it. The mask would still be a good idea since you can clean up the edges a bit better that way. Also, start at the highest resolution and then resize down AFTER you've keyed out the background. Resizing will hide some of the imperfections on the edges.

	squid0010	2008-11-26 #4
	you are talking about rendering, if you search it on google some tuts might come up about it, there are a few methods but you should let people who are better than me at it help you