Unwanted outlines when copying from Photo to Designer

[Lucas Sebastian]

These outlines are unwanted how should i copy my masked images into this new document

 

[Komatös]

Hi, @Lucas Sebastian and welcome to the forums.

There are probably remnants of the original backgrounds. If you retouch the masks where the old background still appears, you should get rid of it. 

[Lucas Sebastian]

11 hours ago, Komatös said:

Hi, @Lucas Sebastian and welcome to the forums.

There are probably remnants of the original backgrounds. If you retouch the masks where the old background still appears, you should get rid of it. 

Hello @Komatösand thank you for your welcome. Elsewhere i was told to try 'copy flattened' which i didnt find however 'copy merged' did prevent the lines from coming.

I dont totally understand how i should "retouch the masks' because i dont understand why when i select just a football player in a mask that the outline isnt hidden like everything else that was not in the selection.

 

But I want to learn the optimal and least destructive solution towards my aims which is why I ask, even though I already received one solution. Thank you mate

[firstdefence]

• How did you apply a mask?
  • Painted onto a mask layer
  • Used the pen tool to draw around the guys filled the curve and then created the mask from that layer?
• Were the images fully within the canvas area? I ask this as all the layers are image layers and if they extend beyond the canvas and you used the brush to mask you may have missed parts of the image that are outside the canvas area.

just trying to figure out the issue but uploading the file is probably going to be the fastest route to an answer, you could make a sample file with a few guys and the issue displayed.

[Lucas Sebastian]

10 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

• How did you apply a mask?
  • Painted onto a mask layer
  • Used the pen tool to draw around the guys?
• Were the images fully within the canvas area? I ask this as all the layers are image layers and if they extend beyond the canvas and you used the brush to mask you may have missed parts of the image that are outside the canvas area.

just trying to figure out the issue but uploading the file is probably going to be the fastest route to an answer, you could make a sample file with a few guys and the issue displayed.

 

 

I don't mind posting a few files, let me do so. 

These are all basic masks made with the Selection Brush Tool

I then use the Refine function

Then was copy and pasting that masked layer into Designer for my poster

I am not super adept in the right ways of masking and transferring, all ive gotten good at is making a quick selection haha

If youve read my latest comment a suugestion from Reddit has me using "Copy Merged" with success so far

 

Edit: All the Photo selections were from 'New from Clipboard' files of the original jpegs of the Players 

Thank you for your time

 

 

 

robinson mask aff.afphoto new faces nfl.afdesign

Edited June 17, 2022 by Lucas Sebastian

[firstdefence]

Ok I see what you have done, as an example, in the afdesign file,

• Select the pixel persona
• Go to Wilson (orange top) 
• Select the mask layer
• Select the brush tool and paint black over the vertical green bar it will vanish because you have included it in the overall mask.

[Lucas Sebastian]

9 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

Ok I see what you have done, as an example, in the afdesign file,

• Select the pixel persona
• Go to Wilson (orange top) 
• Select the mask layer
• Select the brush tool and paint black over the vertical green bar it will vanish because you have included it in the overall mask.

Alrighty thanks! Im right there with you, right now when I try the brush it results as a black curve that inhabits a new layer , im trying the "Vector Brush Tool" in black, am i supposed to be brushing this in Photo or Designer? Because unfortunately I have deleted and not saved all the  original Photo files where the masks were created

Edited June 17, 2022 by Lucas Sebastian
edited for clarity and image

[firstdefence]

1 minute ago, Lucas Sebastian said:

Alrighty thanks! Im right there with you, right now when I try the brush it results as a black curve that inhabits a new layer , im trying the "Vector Brush Tool" in black, am i brushing this in Photo or Designer? Because unfortunately I have deleted and not saved all the  original Photo files where the masks were created

You are in designer, and in the pixel persona, not the draw persona, notice the icon just under Designer (coloured cubes)

[Lucas Sebastian]

4 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

You are in designer, and in the pixel persona, not the draw persona, notice the icon just under Designer (coloured cubes)

Thanks  I was unaware unfortunately of this aspect of the app so Ive got a bit of learning to do.

I am now in the right persona but not affecting the mask as I wish yet still seeing the black of a paint brush and it keeps switching the wilson layer to a pixel and Im not seeing the mask layer after brushing

 

[Lucas Sebastian]

9 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

You are in designer, and in the pixel persona, not the draw persona, notice the icon just under Designer (coloured cubes)

Nevermind mate I just got the brush to do how I wanted, thank you kindly for your support. 

I didnt know anything about personas so in the Pixel Persona you can do some stuff like Photo editing or no? And will I need to be using the export persona? Thanks

Edited June 17, 2022 by Lucas Sebastian

[firstdefence]

2 minutes ago, Lucas Sebastian said:

Thanks  I was unaware unfortunately of this aspect of the app so Ive got a bit of learning to do.

I am now in the right persona but not affecting the mask as I wish yet still seeing the black of a paint brush and it keeps switching the wilson layer to a pixel and Im not seeing the mask layer after brushing

 

I'll make a short video for you. You have to be quite careful as it can get a bit confusing selecting the layers, masks, etc but slow and easy is the order of the day here.

[firstdefence]

Just now, Lucas Sebastian said:

Nevermind mate I just got the brush to do how I wanted, thank you kindly for your support. 

Ah great, take it steady and the pain will be over soon 

[Lucas Sebastian]

 

1 minute ago, firstdefence said:

Ah great, take it steady and the pain will be over soon 

Youve saved the poster cause as I said there was no backups in Photo of the images and I didn't think I was going to be able to fix those lines everywhere except by painstaking editing so Im quite thrilled to learn this new skill from you , cheers

[firstdefence]

For future reference You can make masks with curves that you can edit on the fly, see the image and open the wagner example file, select the node tool and you can move the nodes to see how it masks the background. With this method you don't get the problem you face at the moment, the masks are easily tweakable and they look neater.

In Draw Persona I basically I drew around Wagner with the Pen Tool, you can adjust the nodes later but just go around and click fairly accurately, this has the added benefit of honing your pen skills to a razors edge. 

A few tips... set the stroke to about 1-2px and use a bright colour like pink, once you have created the curve remove the stroke and fill it with black, make sure the curve is above the footballer you are going to mask and select mask to below.

wagner with curve mask.afdesign

[R C-R]

3 hours ago, Lucas Sebastian said:

I didnt know anything about personas so in the Pixel Persona you can do some stuff like Photo editing or no? And will I need to be using the export persona? Thanks

The Personas help topic should tell you the basics of what you need to know about how to use each of them.