Accepted: Ps: Character Extraction

[helen!P]

being able to extract images is really important when making a layout, banner, etc.

there are many techniques of doing this, but i prefer using the pen tool
first, find an image you want to extract
use mine if you want



now, select the pen tool


put in these settings


now, zoom in on your image. i usually zoom in 500% or so.
start making anchor points around the image you want to extract
dont make them too far apart, or else your extraction will look too rigid

right here, i am working on extracting her skirt ^

i usually extract the whole image at once, but you dont have to
once you are done, it should look like this: (yes! a lot of anchor points)

you can close the path if you want to, but you dont have to

now, right click, and select "Make Selection"


put in these settings:


now, it should look like this:


now, select inverse (Ctrl+Shift+I)
now, the outside of the picture should be selected


press delete

now, you should have this: (almost done!)


as you can see, there are some places i missed


using the pen tool, get rid of those too.

i got this:


congratulations on your first character extraction x)
you can add effects, etc to make it look lovely B)

this is what i got:






Tutorial Copyright helen! @ Blogring.

[Equilibrium Dreams]

Great tutorial, this is gooan eb really helpful to a lot of people!