Photoshop Tutorials
Creating Complex Background Knockouts
Complex images cannot be dealt with using common selection methods like a magic wand etc. Neither it's possible to create a path of In this tutorial we are going to knockout the background sky from the image below. |
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Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. |
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Goto Image>>Adjustment>>Threshold... |
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Move the threshold slider towards right so that image converted into more of a black and white image. |
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Select black color by magic wand tool. |
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From Select menu click on Save Selection. |
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Name it as tree. |
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Double click on background layer to unflatten it. |
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From Select menu click on Load Selection. Select tree as the selection. |
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From Edit menu click on copy. |
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Create a new file by pressing Ctrl+N. |
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From Edit menu click on Paste. |
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The complex area that was visible behind the leaves has been knocked out. Now you can remove rest of the unwanted area using Eraser tool. |
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Select background layer and fill it with any background color, gradient, texture or image. It will show through the leaves perfectly. |
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