Julie, no easy way around it I’m afraid, if all of the pics are like
this then I would suggest a clipping path to get the nice, sharp edges
and lift the item to a new file.
Time consuming, but probably the best results. I try to veer away from
quickmasks (unless I’m extremely rushed or there is enough contrast in
adjoining areas) as they can give ‘dithered’ edges - not really what
you want on a crisp item like jewellery.
Trev
On 6 Jun 2011, at 14:38, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning
I have a client that wants me to make the background of photos of
his jewelry white instead of the tan / yellow they are now.
Some one told me: Photo Shop have a white balance option & she sets
it to automatic & the programs correct the white balance.
I am not getting this. I tried directions on line I found and it
seems not to do much, but if it does- it also changes the jewelry
look / color.
can anyone explain this to me how to do? or is there another program
to use?
I have been doing the quick mask and covering the piece with the
red, then deleting the background.
is there an easier way to do this?
Thank you so much for your help.
an example of one of the photos is:
One thing you might try first is the Replace Color option in
Photoshop. When you open that, you get a window where you can use an
eyedropper tool to sample the individual color (or shift-click to
sample more than one) that you want to replace, and then a color well
where you choose the replacement color (white). Apply the filter, and
look at the results. There are lots of tools in the filter interface
for fiddling with the sensitivity of the replacement.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Julie, no easy way around it I’m afraid, if all of the pics are like
this then I would suggest a clipping path to get the nice, sharp
edges and lift the item to a new file.
Time consuming, but probably the best results. I try to veer away
from quickmasks (unless I’m extremely rushed or there is enough
contrast in adjoining areas) as they can give ‘dithered’ edges - not
really what you want on a crisp item like jewellery.
Trev
On 6 Jun 2011, at 14:38, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning
I have a client that wants me to make the background of photos of
his jewelry white instead of the tan / yellow they are now.
Some one told me: Photo Shop have a white balance option & she
sets it to automatic & the programs correct the white balance.
I am not getting this. I tried directions on line I found and it
seems not to do much, but if it does- it also changes the jewelry
look / color.
can anyone explain this to me how to do? or is there another
program to use?
I have been doing the quick mask and covering the piece with the
red, then deleting the background.
is there an easier way to do this?
Thank you so much for your help.
an example of one of the photos is:
Trevor, what i had been doing is after deleting I then click on quick selection - and refine edges so I get a smooth edge.
Walther - I will play around with the replacement color.
J
On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Walter Davis wrote:
One thing you might try first is the Replace Color option in Photoshop. When you open that, you get a window where you can use an eyedropper tool to sample the individual color (or shift-click to sample more than one) that you want to replace, and then a color well where you choose the replacement color (white). Apply the filter, and look at the results. There are lots of tools in the filter interface for fiddling with the sensitivity of the replacement.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Julie, no easy way around it I’m afraid, if all of the pics are like this then I would suggest a clipping path to get the nice, sharp edges and lift the item to a new file.
Time consuming, but probably the best results. I try to veer away from quickmasks (unless I’m extremely rushed or there is enough contrast in adjoining areas) as they can give ‘dithered’ edges - not really what you want on a crisp item like jewellery.
Trev
On 6 Jun 2011, at 14:38, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning
I have a client that wants me to make the background of photos of his jewelry white instead of the tan / yellow they are now.
Some one told me: Photo Shop have a white balance option & she sets it to automatic & the programs correct the white balance.
I am not getting this. I tried directions on line I found and it seems not to do much, but if it does- it also changes the jewelry look / color.
can anyone explain this to me how to do? or is there another program to use?
I have been doing the quick mask and covering the piece with the red, then deleting the background.
is there an easier way to do this?
Thank you so much for your help.
an example of one of the photos is:
Walter, with this option I think there may be some problems with the
soft drop shadow - if it’s wanted then it could very well get a rough
edge, if it’s not then where it merges into the dark areas of the
item, you’ll get the funny edge again.
Julie, if this works for you, then fine, all I know is that I’m faster
with a clipping path than I am going back into the file and refining
the edges. Either way, it’s never going to be the fastest task in the
world to complete. How many do you have to do?
Trev
On 6 Jun 2011, at 15:27, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Thank you to both.
Trevor, what i had been doing is after deleting I then click on
quick selection - and refine edges so I get a smooth edge.
Walther - I will play around with the replacement color.
J
On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Walter Davis wrote:
One thing you might try first is the Replace Color option in
Photoshop. When you open that, you get a window where you can use
an eyedropper tool to sample the individual color (or shift-click
to sample more than one) that you want to replace, and then a color
well where you choose the replacement color (white). Apply the
filter, and look at the results. There are lots of tools in the
filter interface for fiddling with the sensitivity of the
replacement.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Julie, no easy way around it I’m afraid, if all of the pics are
like this then I would suggest a clipping path to get the nice,
sharp edges and lift the item to a new file.
Time consuming, but probably the best results. I try to veer away
from quickmasks (unless I’m extremely rushed or there is enough
contrast in adjoining areas) as they can give ‘dithered’ edges -
not really what you want on a crisp item like jewellery.
Trev
On 6 Jun 2011, at 14:38, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning
I have a client that wants me to make the background of photos of
his jewelry white instead of the tan / yellow they are now.
Some one told me: Photo Shop have a white balance option & she
sets it to automatic & the programs correct the white balance.
I am not getting this. I tried directions on line I found and it
seems not to do much, but if it does- it also changes the jewelry
look / color.
can anyone explain this to me how to do? or is there another
program to use?
I have been doing the quick mask and covering the piece with the
red, then deleting the background.
is there an easier way to do this?
Thank you so much for your help.
an example of one of the photos is:
can you give me the pointers on a clipping path I would like to learn that a bit if you want you can off line me: swimmer35 at mac . com
I have 30 +
On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Walter, with this option I think there may be some problems with the soft drop shadow - if it’s wanted then it could very well get a rough edge, if it’s not then where it merges into the dark areas of the item, you’ll get the funny edge again.
Julie, if this works for you, then fine, all I know is that I’m faster with a clipping path than I am going back into the file and refining the edges. Either way, it’s never going to be the fastest task in the world to complete. How many do you have to do?
Trev
On 6 Jun 2011, at 15:27, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Thank you to both.
Trevor, what i had been doing is after deleting I then click on quick selection - and refine edges so I get a smooth edge.
Walther - I will play around with the replacement color.
J
On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Walter Davis wrote:
One thing you might try first is the Replace Color option in Photoshop. When you open that, you get a window where you can use an eyedropper tool to sample the individual color (or shift-click to sample more than one) that you want to replace, and then a color well where you choose the replacement color (white). Apply the filter, and look at the results. There are lots of tools in the filter interface for fiddling with the sensitivity of the replacement.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Julie, no easy way around it I’m afraid, if all of the pics are like this then I would suggest a clipping path to get the nice, sharp edges and lift the item to a new file.
Time consuming, but probably the best results. I try to veer away from quickmasks (unless I’m extremely rushed or there is enough contrast in adjoining areas) as they can give ‘dithered’ edges - not really what you want on a crisp item like jewellery.
Trev
On 6 Jun 2011, at 14:38, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning
I have a client that wants me to make the background of photos of his jewelry white instead of the tan / yellow they are now.
Some one told me: Photo Shop have a white balance option & she sets it to automatic & the programs correct the white balance.
I am not getting this. I tried directions on line I found and it seems not to do much, but if it does- it also changes the jewelry look / color.
can anyone explain this to me how to do? or is there another program to use?
I have been doing the quick mask and covering the piece with the red, then deleting the background.
is there an easier way to do this?
Thank you so much for your help.
an example of one of the photos is:
Walter, that worked nicely, but I need to work on the edges. Thank you. something I will continue to play with.
j
On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Trev,
can you give me the pointers on a clipping path I would like to learn that a bit if you want you can off line me: swimmer35 at mac . com
I have 30 +
On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Walter, with this option I think there may be some problems with the soft drop shadow - if it’s wanted then it could very well get a rough edge, if it’s not then where it merges into the dark areas of the item, you’ll get the funny edge again.
Julie, if this works for you, then fine, all I know is that I’m faster with a clipping path than I am going back into the file and refining the edges. Either way, it’s never going to be the fastest task in the world to complete. How many do you have to do?
Trev
On 6 Jun 2011, at 15:27, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Thank you to both.
Trevor, what i had been doing is after deleting I then click on quick selection - and refine edges so I get a smooth edge.
Walther - I will play around with the replacement color.
J
On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Walter Davis wrote:
One thing you might try first is the Replace Color option in Photoshop. When you open that, you get a window where you can use an eyedropper tool to sample the individual color (or shift-click to sample more than one) that you want to replace, and then a color well where you choose the replacement color (white). Apply the filter, and look at the results. There are lots of tools in the filter interface for fiddling with the sensitivity of the replacement.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Julie, no easy way around it I’m afraid, if all of the pics are like this then I would suggest a clipping path to get the nice, sharp edges and lift the item to a new file.
Time consuming, but probably the best results. I try to veer away from quickmasks (unless I’m extremely rushed or there is enough contrast in adjoining areas) as they can give ‘dithered’ edges - not really what you want on a crisp item like jewellery.
Trev
On 6 Jun 2011, at 14:38, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
Good morning
I have a client that wants me to make the background of photos of his jewelry white instead of the tan / yellow they are now.
Some one told me: Photo Shop have a white balance option & she sets it to automatic & the programs correct the white balance.
I am not getting this. I tried directions on line I found and it seems not to do much, but if it does- it also changes the jewelry look / color.
can anyone explain this to me how to do? or is there another program to use?
I have been doing the quick mask and covering the piece with the red, then deleting the background.
is there an easier way to do this?
Thank you so much for your help.
an example of one of the photos is:
