photoshop help...please

Troncoso

Troncoso

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i really really need someone help from anyone who is good with photoshop. I'm using cs3 and i'm trying to edit a picture. this is for a present for my girlfriend and i want it to look its best. i'm not what one for editing pictures, so i dont know how to use photoshop. what i need to do is take a certain part out of a picture, or rather, take other things out of a picture. so, my question is: can anyone either do this for me, or teach me how? here are the pictures:
twilight-movie-poster.jpg

i want the word twilight by itself, so that i can use it on other things and i'd also like this whole picture but with only the word twilight. then....
twilight1.jpg

i want to cut all the characters except the front two (edward and bella for those who know of twilight)
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i would love any help that anyone could offer. like i said, i dont expect someone to do everything for me, so if someone could just like, point me in the right direction...this is really important to me...
 
Lasso tool, magnetic lasso tool !!
lol seriously let me see what i can do then i'll upload them give me some time
 
dude...if you could help me, that would be great. i have a week, so no rush. thank you, and thanks for the tips. i'll learn how to use those so i wont need to ask again.
 
Troncoso said:
dude...if you could help me, that would be great. i have a week, so no rush. thank you, and thanks for the tips. i'll learn how to use those so i wont need to ask again.
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am nearly done with the text.
It's better you use magnetic lasso around the characters then select inverse and chop everybody else out.

cheers
 
twilight text (i just found a higher res version on google)
twi1.jpg


cutout
twi4.png

it looks much better on a background that isn't white.
for the full PNG with transparency just right click and save the image rather than copy and paste.
Whatever you are going to put this on, just user feather or blur or a soft eraser to blend his hair in with the background.
 
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gamerman4 said:
twilight text (i just found a higher res version on google)
twi1.jpg


cutout
twi3.png

it looks much better on a background that isn't white.
for the full PNG with transparency just right click and save the image rather than copy and paste.
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nice but you need to trim the edges softer. hopefully the OP won't place this on a white BG as it surely won't be any good.
 
patrickv said:
nice but you need to trim the edges softer. hopefully the OP won't place this on a white BG as it surely won't be any good.
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I actually updated it before you replied, its a little sharper but closer to the edges. Hair is too much of a pain for me to go strand by strand with a 1 pixel brush so I suppose the OP can learn a little about blending things into his background.
Well when I cut something out, I usually know what it is going to be on and will adapt how I cut it out according to what it is going to be on.
 
gamerman4 said:
I actually updated it before you replied, its a little sharper but closer to the edges. Hair is too much of a pain so I suppose the OP can learn a little about blending things into his background.
Well when I cut something out, I usually know what it is going to be on and will adapt how I cut it out according to what it is going to be on.
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man your internet is really fast. what connection is that ?
yeah agree with you the hair is the big issue.

anyway here's mine.
the whole PSD.

http://www.mediafire.com/?99umu1vzzbm
it's in a zip file, just extract it.

cheers OP hope this helps
 
patrickv said:
man your internet is really fast. what connection is that ?
yeah agree with you the hair is the big issue.

anyway here's mine.
the whole PSD.

http://www.mediafire.com/?99umu1vzzbm
it's in a zip file, just extract it.

cheers OP hope this helps
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That's what I initially tried to do but I wanted to preserve the detail in the hair. Also, regardless of if it is soft or not, it looks bad on a white background.
 
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you guys are incredible. thanks so much. i really mean it. they look great. and no worries, i'll be sure to learn to mess with this myself so i'm not a hassle in the future. thanks again.
 
Photoshop elements is just the condensed version of photoshop correct? What tool did you use to get the hairs so good? Extract?
 
TFT said:
I went about it differently and used the "clone" tool. I cloned the sky and ground over the unwanted people. The "twilight" was a "selection", cut and paste.
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I didnt notice where you used the clone tool till you pointed that out but now i do see it, good job though!
 
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