![]() ![]() ![]() In my workflow below I did remove the existing shadow also in case that was the OP's objective. In fact, I find any method that requires the use of eraser or other brushes to do cleanup of stray pixels to be more labor intensive than the Magic Wand method for these types of images (and my steps can be scripted if you do a lot of these) so my preference is the Magic Wand. That said, for images with basically a simple color background and an object with relatively sharp edges I find the Object Extractor a much more labour intensive method of removing the background. Placing with drop shadow on a green backgroundįor Hartpaul: I must be slow 'cause I missed the link! My results shown after reducing the images from 1024 to 360 on the longest side. Lastly I would use the drop shadow (allows changing of apparent lighting to then convince viewers that the book is part of that new scene.) You can then use a paint brush with black to remove these overlaps and with a hardness set at say 50% clean up the image including removing any current shadows.ģ. In addition or as an alternative to step 3 you can also use the Magic Wand with Match Mode = All Opaque then Edit Selection from button on the layers palette or Selections > Edit Selection and this will provide a red mask over the object and show clearly where the excess bleeds into the transparent area. The eraser brush can be made soft and that will allow for the edges of the object to be softened so it blends easily to any new background.ģ. I would also remove the original shadow as well. As previously mentioned you can also us the right click and left click eraser brush to tidy up the edges of the image. Object extractor - while this is similar to the background eraser brush in its selection of which to remove and which to erase and requires the same brush strokes and movement, it has the additional advantage that it also completely erases to transparent all the surrounding area and so does not require extra steps with an eraser brush to remove unwanted background (or even selection of the object, Invert and hit delete key to remove the rest of the background.Ģ. ![]() Here are the steps/ operations I would do.ġ. The image of the open book is 1024 x 728 pixels in that zip file. I gather the idea is to obtain a clean image on a transparent background so that you can then place that image on any background light, dark, colored and not see it as an obvious paste.įor Joe- a link was given in an earlier post where you could download a zip file of the images which are larger than the OP has posted. But if you are actually working with larger images than I would need a copy of a problem image at its original pixel and print size to work on.īook_red background.png (143.88 KiB) Viewed 7050 times Book on white background book_white background.png (154.47 KiB) Viewed 7054 times I'm also providing it with a red background. Given the image you did post, I took away the dark background and placed the book on a white background, without noticeable artifacts. Is that what you're actually providing for people? Also, is that actually the size of the images you are posting? The image you posted would print relatively good photo quality at 200 pixels per inch, with the image printing out at 1.8 x 1.5 inches. Your original post said the problem was particularly acute when taking an image from a light background and placing it on a dark background, but the image you sent was of an image that was on a background that I would consider to be a dark background. ![]() (Restricted to a lo-res upload allowed by the though). PluginCreativity wrote:Thanks Joe, I've attached (hopefully) a the Book Open image from our first collection for you to consider. How to remove the background of this image and leave a soft edge book open.png (159.03 KiB) Viewed 7257 times Of course you may tell me that free images are two-a-penny these days so no-one wants/needs more. So if you've got any bright ideas I'd welcome them. As they have no commercial value I may have to decide to forget the idea but I hate to waste resources and I have some personal projects I want to use this for as well. Part of the problem is these are old images taken on film and the grain becomes apparent when using the background eraser. ages.shtml Several would be more useful as isolated images IMO. You can see one or two of the images we're working with, or get the full size image here: We actually have lots of different images to process so we can give them away on the website. Thanks Joe, I've attached (hopefully) a the Book Open image from our first collection for you to consider. ![]()
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