true_blue1878 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Hi there, All the tutorials show cutting simple shapes out of a very differently coloured background which is fine.. but what do you do when you have to cut out something more complicated like a person from a very similarly coloured background?? For example, I need to cut the attached man out of the background of each picture but his skin and shirt are dark and so is the background. I am having great difficulty doing this without going and manually erasing it myself which is time-consuming. Please help me understand how I can do this easier! Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 With the Selection Brush Tool Using a small brush (14px) go around all the outside of the man. Don't worry about the middle of the man, you can do that later with a bigger brush Go slowly, as the faster you go the less accurate the tool is. If you select outside the man, just continue as you will come back later to redo these areas. Once you have selected all the outside of the man, change to a smaller brush (6px), switch the Selection Brush Tool to Subtract and slowly go over the areas outside the man that you accidently selected previously. Once you are happy you have selected all the outside of the man you can switch to a larger brush, switch the Selection Brush Tool back to Add and quickly select all the inner parts of the man. Then hit the Refine button and (in this case) set the Smooth slider to 4.5px The main point is that in areas of low colour difference use a small brush to do the edges first, nice and slowly. Tip: In areas where it is almost impossible to see the difference where one object ends and another begins, adding a temporary Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer and adjusting the contrast can help define these areas better. Making the selection process easier. Just delete this layer afterwards R C-R, stokerg, jer and 2 others 5 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Carl, your explanation is excellent. My one complaint with your post is when the accompanying screenshot scrolled into view I nearly spit a mouthful of coffee all over my keyboard. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.0 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 10 minutes ago, R C-R said: Carl, your explanation is excellent. My one complaint with your post is when the accompanying screenshot scrolled into view I nearly spit a mouthful of coffee all over my keyboard. Ditto! What a scream! Good one, Carl. Quote ♥ WIN 10 AD & AP ♥ Lenovo Legion Y520 15.6" Laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true_blue1878 Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 Carl thanks so much for your detailed help. I use this all the time now to do all kinds of different stuff!! Sorry for my late reply but I lost the tab and couldn't find the post until now! Your fairy mock-up was also hilarious.. I am sure Kevin Campbell would love to see it.. might send him a tweet haha Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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