Need some Photochop help

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xeemzor

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Originally posted by: hanoverphist
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: hanoverphist
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like this

feather cheater =p

feather is your friend, lol.


and technically it is a pro job, since part of my job description is graphic artistry... :p




(i also have a ba in multimedia, 3 years of photoshop for creation, manipulation and retouch did help a bit.)

And I thought I was cool because I could sharpen my photographs.
 

hanoverphist

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Dec 7, 2006
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Originally posted by: xeemzor
Originally posted by: hanoverphist
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: hanoverphist
http://members.cox.net/sillycookie123/celestion.png

like this

feather cheater =p

feather is your friend, lol.


and technically it is a pro job, since part of my job description is graphic artistry... :p




(i also have a ba in multimedia, 3 years of photoshop for creation, manipulation and retouch did help a bit.)

And I thought I was cool because I could sharpen my photographs.

im not cool because i can do that, im cool because my kids told me i am. and i applaud anyone who tries to learn new stuff like photoshop when its outside their knowledge zone, its always a good thing.
 

octopus41092

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Like others said use magic wand but you still end up with a nasty border. In Photoshop CS3 there's a refine edge function but I don't think it's in Photoshop 7.0. So, what you can do instead is select the background using magic wand with a tolerance of 0. Expand the selection by 2 pixels and then fill it. Here's what I got using the expand.

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The top is still a little jagged and the shadow next to the top part is a little screwy but it's doable. You can also just go over that with a brush to touch it up. Also, if you want to change the "1924 - 2004" to black you can just fill those or retype it if you can match the font and overlay it.