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Extractions and Repacing Backgrounds
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Extractions
Extractions/Replacing backgrounds
Russell Brown
masking
http://www.russellbrown.com/images/tips_movies/AdvancedMasking.mov
extract filter
http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/ExtractSM.mov
http://www.ftponline.com/reports/ddwseattle/2004/brown/
Goldenmean – used to be on gurusnetwork
http://www.thegoldenmean.com/technique/replace_bg.html
be sure to hit ‘whispies’ for hair
http://tech-slop.serveit.org/whispies/index.shtml
How to wow – select – “color range” movie – using ‘borders’ on edges
http://www.software-cinema.com/page/htw_bonus?CS=b0def0b8b1274a0aef50b5871f247405
Layer fringe using contract on edges
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/videos/layerfringe_sm.html
multiply, contract, etc.
http://studio.adobe.com/us/tips/tip.jsp?p=1&id=100675&xml=phs8kbmaskplay
David Nagel – edge masking tut with sample jpg
http://www.graphicsnews.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=163
Masking Example extraction
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4665730
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4696023
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4696221
Extraction tut
http://www.happydays-mk.co.uk/WebpageDesign/Extract%20tool%20in%20Photoshop/pages/01.htm
Replacing backgrounds Bud
http://www.retouchpro.com/tutorials/background/index.html
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4534116
Quick mask selection (when there’s no hair or similar problems)
http://www.grafx-design.com/12photo.html
Masking hair – Martin Evening
http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/pscs/download/Chapter07_movie05.pdf
Jack Davis –using select>border
How to wow – select - color range movie
http://www.software-cinema.com/page/htw_bonus?CS=b0def0b8b1274a0aef50b5871f247405
Katrin’s extraction
http://www.photoshopdiva.com/articles/Masking.pdf
http://www.photoshopworld.com/selectionskills.pdf
whispies
http://tech-slop.serveit.org/whispies/index.shtml
http://webdesign.about.com/library/weekly/aa090501a.htm
http://www.creativepro.com/img/story/ExtractHair.pdf
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutoria...od4/method4.htm
http://www.adobeevangelists.com/pdf...cks/Extract.pdf
http://graphicssoft.about.com/gi/dy...Ftechnique.html
Blending/smoothing border in extraction
http://www.phong.com/tutorials/mask.tree/
Scroll to Tweaking the edges
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=8028311
Simon
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6637073
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=8113173
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10613736
http://www.melor.com/projects/selective_dof_tutorial.htm
Bman blend
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=14267440
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=17674364
Sky replacement - fixes
My method:
Kent’s Selective Color sky replacement
Selective color
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5898055
Addendum
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=13348267
Chip ’s excellent tip for clouds with Sel. Color.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=14363249
great tutorial by Stefan using selective color as a helper in sky replacements
http://www.skeller.ch/ps/easy_sky_replacement.php
Selecting sky
***Summary post by me:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10418005
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4283874
Changing skys
http://www.outdooreyes.com/photo33.php3
storm sky
http://movielibrary.lynda.com /... ...ovieID=3763&chap_num=10&ModID=66
Replace sky with layer
joe filer tut
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10742370
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5370107
feivel
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5207702
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5607376
Selecting sky
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4283874
Selecting sky -giraffe
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4845317
Blown skies
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4297060
Bill R’s blown sky action
http://www.outdooreyes.com/photo58.php3
George’s sky replacement
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5387586
BillR’s sky replacement and sky enhancement
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5745239
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5757025
Sky fixes
Blend if:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3637736
tammy’s blend
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=14891509
Clouds
Cloud tutorial
http://www.alpha-shade.com/www/Tut/clouds.htm
stock
Clouds sky
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4353285
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5340703
cloud brushes:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5902219
http://share.studio.adobe.com/axQuickSearchSubmit.asp?txt=cloud&allprods=2&submit1.x=23&submit1.y=7
Skies clouds links
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=9835760
http://images.google.com/images?q=wallpaper%2Bclouds&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search
Perfect sky action
http://www.keithandgina.com/photoshop/PerfectSkies.html
Creating dof
http://epaperpress.com/psphoto/index.html
Click on focus
Other stuff
Creating DOF with PS
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5177502
Vikki Hansen’s Dreamy Vignette
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6524153
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6525215
Andy W’s composite tut
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=8785432
Blending & Merging images
Blending images
Dynamic range articles at Luminous Landscape:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/blended_exposures.shtml
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml
Blending two (or more) images different exposures
http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/tips/phs7rbrawcreat/main.html
http://dustylens.com/extended_range.htm
http://dustylens.com/luminosity_mask.htm
Here is a good tutorial using layer masking for fading one image into another.
http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/layermask/layermask.htm
Nightshot blend Bob Quinn
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10003647
Hilight and Shadow merging method
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6086383
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6803882
blend if
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=7912279
Blending two (or more) images different exposures
http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/tips/phs7rbrawcreat/main.html
http://dustylens.com/extended_range.htm
VG
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=6486607
Backgrounds – digital backgrounds
Background image to B&W
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10637348
Background designer
http://www.digitalanarchy.com/backdrop/backdrop_main.html
Blending background
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4540789
Blur background
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4641886
http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/uc/ucjwoods.htm?terms=John+Woods
Digital Backgrounds
Clouds
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4270845
http://www.aaa-backgrounds.com/html/mainback.shtml
http://www.freegraphics.com/07_Backgrounds/
Brian’s marble/slate
http://www.photomorphix.com/Free.htm
Laura’s background brushes
http://wave.prohosting.com/brushes/
free textures – grundge
http://www.mayang.com/textures/Architectural/html/Walls/index.html
http://www.mayang.com/textures/index.htm
http://3dlinks.com/links.cfm?categoryid=10&subcategoryid=94
tut
http://www.ephotozine.com/techniques/viewtechnique.cfm?recid=340
Troy’s texture tut – good one
http://www.digital-existence.com/bgbrush/page1.htm
http://www.insidegraphics.com/photoshop/photoshop_patterns_tutorials.asp
Background
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4157804
Digital Backgrounds with floors
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10561814
Seamless tilings
http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/tilings/tilings2.htm
Cool color background
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=4497297
Custom Burn vignette
http://www.adimaging.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=26
Shan’s Shadow eliminator :
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3979699
Stock images
http://www.sxc.hu
/
http://www.morguefile.com
/
http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&q=
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/resources/stock-photos.html
Photoshop Elements Extraction
PSEII Extraction –Lynch
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=5046210
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