Feathering edges......

[Shovelhead]

What do you people use to soften edges after cropping out a background?

 

[slappy]

might be in here under photoshop

http://www.websitetemplatedesign.com/oscommerce_tutorials/tutorial.shtml

 

[GB2]

Here's a tutorial that was offered here that might assist you:

http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13159

 

[GK]

What do you people use to soften edges after cropping out a background?

http://www.geniusdv.com/weblog/archives/adobe_photoshop_and_softening_your_edges.php

 

[Shovelhead]

Let me be more specific.....

other than setting the feather radius while using the lasso tool....
is there a plugin or something were I can select the bike which has the background cropped out to soften the outer edges???

 

[Replicator]

Photo/Graphic Edges 6.0

 

[vid]

Seems like Russel Brown had a tutorial for something like that with blending hair into a background. Don't know if it's still there but you can look at http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html.

On another note, I'd select the areas of chrome that are reflecting green, take an eyedropper of that color, and >Replace Color>Adjust Fuzziness ~50>~Hue -23 or thereabouts to tame that green color so that it works better with the palette of your layout.

 

[Shovelhead]

Hey....

Seems like Russel Brown had a tutorial for something like that with blending hair into a background. Don't know if it's still there but you can look at http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html.

On another note, I'd select the areas of chrome that are reflecting green, take an eyedropper of that color, and >Replace Color>Adjust Fuzziness ~50>~Hue -23 or thereabouts to tame that green color so that it works better with the palette of your layout.

I ain't done yet...but I was struggling with getting the hue just right...
thanks for specs.

 

[Sign_Boy]

other than setting the feather radius while using the lasso tool....
is there a plugin or something were I can select the bike which has the background cropped out to soften the outer edges???

You can make a duplicate layer of the bike and add a slight gausin blur to it (the one in the back)
Try it, might be a simple fix.