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IttyBittyVic — PS Tutorial 001: PNGs
Published: 2011-06-27 23:20:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 11186; Favourites: 389; Downloads: 552
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I decided to try my hand in making tutorials! This is my first one and it's about creating and cutting out PNGs. If you guys have any questions, please let me know and I will try my best to help you. Also, if you have any other tutorial suggestions feel free to send them my way and maybe I'll make it.
And as always, faving and commenting is always appreciated! 
Oh, and feel free to show me how your cut outs turned out. 
Model stock from- Here
EDIT: I never expected such a positive response for this tutorial, I'm so glad you guys like it! It's been getting A LOT of faves and I just want to say thank you to everyone! I normally thank all of my favoriters individually on their profiles, but since I've been getting so many at once, I don't have time to sift through them all (so far I have 170+ messages on here...
). Anyway, thank you all again so SO much! 
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I know what you mean, before I made this I've always been looking for an easy way to make cutouts and PNG's. I had found a similar way online, so I decided to go off of that and make a more in-depth tutorial on it. I hope you find this tutorial helpful, and if you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them. ^_^
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I think this is a great technique, but do you know how to extract fine hair?
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This technique usually extracts most fine hair. If not, it may just delete the small, unnoticeable pieces.
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Thanks for sharing this, this should come in handy.
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You're welcome, I hope you find it helpful.
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Thanks I am certain it will.
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Thank you very much for the lesson . Earlier could not normally cut complex objects
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You're very welcome, I'm glad you like it and I hope it was helpful!
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Interesting tutorial. Three things though.
One, I've occasionally run into problems dodging/burning too much, and ending up with sharp pixelated edges, cutting out a picture that had very little contrast between the foreground & background.
Two, I believe the Background Eraser in Photoshop CS5 is somewhat easier. At this point. Personally, I use the BG Eraser to cut out an image, copy the transparency to a new channel and THEN dodge/burn it to suite my needs.
Three, creating a separate selection for the shadow & filling it with solid black (with partial transparency) makes it easier to blend with the background.
That's all.
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Thanks for sharing your technique, I'll have to try it out sometime. I have used the BG eraser before but it always tended to miss a lot of the background? Haha I don't know why, but I'll have to try it again you what happens.
Anyway, I'm glad you like my tutorial.
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The key to BG Eraser lies in clicking. A lot. When you click on an area, BGE considers that color to be the one you want to erase. So if you click on one part of the image, and drag your eraser all around, you'll get bad results. If you click & erase away bit by bit, it'll be tedious, but you get good results.
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I see, I see...I tried it on a really small image today. It seemed to work fairly well, I'll have to try and out when I'm actually cutting out something I'm going to use.
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This seems like a really complicated way to do a simple task
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For me, this was the uncomplicated way which is why I decided to teach it this way. The other methods of cutting out an image in my opinion are a lot more difficult and inaccurate.
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couldn't you do magic wand tool -> delete -> done though?
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Magic Wand Tool doesn't get around small areas or hair strands very well, but yes...that is one way to attempt a cut out.
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You are awesome Thanks so much for your help in this I hope it works well for me!!
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Thank you, I'm glad you like my tutorial.
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Wonderful thank you soo much! ^__^
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No problem, I hope it's helpful for you.
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You're welcome, I'm glad my tutorial could be of help!
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You're welcome, and thanks!
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good tutorial i'll use this information for my next work!!^^
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Thanks, hope it works well for you
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Thank you, and you're welcome... I'm glad it helps you.
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You're welcome, hope this tutorial works for you.
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omg this is so helpful! i use to erase the backgrounds out by hand it took so long and was so frustrating but this is amazing i cant weight to try it out!
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You're welcome.
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I use the pen tool to make a selection. Layer via cut...
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I only like using the Pen Tool for cutting out big objects that aren't too detailed.
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I have learned the same method though via Brush tool and not Burn: that was interesting, with the Burn things should be easier.
Anyway, why don't just drag the image in PS instead of "open -> find folder -> click"?
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Some people don't know how to drag items (and sometimes with certain computers, dragging doesn't even work), so I just decided to teach the natural way.
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I didn't know on some computers the thing doesn't work: it just so natural for me, and I'm on Windows 2000 so I have no "new" computer. ^^
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Me personally, I prefer the pen tool for almost everything. But, as mentioned, it sux for hair. I am definitely downloading this for images with wispy hair
Thank you for your hard work!
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Very interesting. Why would you suggest this method over selecting with the lasso tool?
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I don't think (in my opinion, anyway) that any of the Lasso Tools PS comes with are very accurate, especially when it comes to cutting out hair. The only time i'd suggest a Lasso Tool is if you're just cutting out something quickly. This method seems to make the cleanest cut, at least for me.
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I haven't done much cutting out, that is why I asked. The things I have cut out have been very concrete.
Thank you. I will definitely try this next time
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No problem, I hope my answer helped. And you're welcome, hope this method works out for you.
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I've never used such technic for extracting a part of a picture, i must try
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There's a few different techniques out there, I just find this one to be the easiest way and most accurate.
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