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Alex Ross

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« on: November 11, 2008, 11:00:54 am »

Hi,

I am designing a catalog however the photos have a background, for
example the pictures are of shoes but i can see the table the shoe is
sitting on and the background behind the shoe, is there a way to cut
the shoes out in Photoshop so the background is removed?

Thanks
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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2008, 03:11:12 pm »

Alex:

Just wondering as to why a repost of the same question you asked on November 8th?
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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2008, 03:59:18 pm »

You have several options

you can use the pen tool, and draw around, create a path, and invert it, then delete the back ground, or fill it with whatever color you will

the extract tool in photoshop

and there are a variety of third party plug-in programs that can do the same if not better, such as knockout, fluid mask just to name a few

good luck

Henrik
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« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2008, 04:06:57 pm »

Quote from: Alex Ross
I am designing a catalog however the photos have a background, for
example the pictures are of shoes but i can see the table the shoe is
sitting on and the background behind the shoe, is there a way to cut
the shoes out in Photoshop so the background is removed?
RTFM, where many techniques for this are described in detail.
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« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2008, 05:50:32 pm »

The easiest way is to silo the image using Fluid Mask. I've used it for catalog photo production for three years now. Generally, very easy and accurate. I always create a layer copy, use fluid mask, discard the background layer, then save as a CMYK PSD file, NOT a TIFF. This is because programs like InDesign hold the transparent layer of the PSD, but for whatever reason do not hold it as a TIFF.
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