Apr 24, 2005 | Knockout Tricks, Photoshop Tutorials
This method is a straight forward method and involves the ‘Background Eraser Tool (E)’ . This tool finds the edges of an object but instead of selecting the object, they remove pixels outside of it. This tool works best when theres more than one color in...
Apr 24, 2005 | Knockout Tricks, Photoshop Tutorials
First select the ‘Pen Tool (P)’ from the ‘Toolbar’. Then up on the ‘Options Bar’ choose the ‘Paths’ option. Then with the ‘Pen Tool’ still selected trace the area that you want to mask (ie. protect), in this...
Apr 24, 2005 | Color Manipulation, Photoshop Tutorials
Here’s simple ‘Adjustment Layer’ technique on how to alter a particular color within a photo. Below is the original photo I took of a mini car from my neighborhood. In this lesson I will use the adjustment layer ‘Hue/Saturation’ to do...
Apr 24, 2005 | Knockout Tricks, Photoshop Tutorials
Here’s a few simple steps to achieve another method of eliminating the background of an image when exporting the image to a page layout, vector-editing application, or printing purposes. We will create a ‘Clipping Path’ to isolate the nontransparent...
Apr 24, 2005 | Color Manipulation, Photoshop Tutorials
The image below will be the target of this tutorial and I will show you how to enhance the sky colors. With the target layer active, go to ‘Select/Color Range’ menu command. You will be prompted with the below dialog. Drag your mouse over onto the main...
