Photoshop Tip: How to Extract a person from a photo

12 years 7 months ago - 11 years 1 month ago #137018 by PhotographyTalk


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11 years 10 months ago #231692 by fm48
Wow great post:goodpost:


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11 years 1 month ago #275307 by Hivewasp
Don't have it anymore on CS6... wasn't exactly my favourite tool for extracting an object either. You could do the same with a combination of quickmasking and selective cloning once the image is on the new layer.


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10 years 1 week ago #371415 by irishreign
I have CS6, but there is NO Extract Filter in the list. 

I want to learn to remove a head from one body and put it on another, or add a person from one photo to another photo.

Do you have a tutorial on this exercise?

Thanks

Irish


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10 years 1 week ago #371679 by Joves

irishreign wrote: I have CS6, but there is NO Extract Filter in the list. 

I want to learn to remove a head from one body and put it on another, or add a person from one photo to another photo.

Do you have a tutorial on this exercise?

Thanks

Irish

In the same photo, or different photos. Either way it is easy. You use the Lasso Tool and go around the head you want to move. Then you use the move tool to drag it where you want it. If you are using to different images, then you want to first make sure that they are the same size subject wise. If one is larger, and you move the head to that image, the head will be too small, and the reverse the other way around. It just takes a little practice.


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10 years 1 week ago - 10 years 1 week ago #371692 by garyrhook
I can't recommend the Topaz Labs Remask tool enough for this sort of work. It is outstandingly effective at most things (I am still learning how to use it for bare tress, for example). I use it  a lot for separating my subject and background so I can properly adjust the exposure of each element. Or whatever I need to do. I masked out the gull in this one, for example, to get him where I needed him.



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