Hail the reader,
Removing the background from a picture.
I am reasonably au fait with the use of the cut out lab method for removing the photo background, however I visited a laser company and the person there used the bezier tool very effectively, pulling the nodes around the head and shoulders of the picture and so eliminating the background.
Can somebody please tell me if there is a good tutorial on this - like
1. do this2. do this etc
Preferably a pdf which I can read as I go.
If not can some one tell me how I may learn to do this?
Thank you
hans said:Can somebody please tell me if there is a good tutorial on this...
Hi Jeff,
I believe you have a macro which can remove backgrounds to a photo, leaving say a head shoulders of the person we require to engrave - please tell me more.
Hans
Hi Mike,
I think the difficulty in my case is that
1. I must do about 5 a day.
2. All are Africans.
3. All must be engraved/lasered on black granite
Thank you for your interest in my problems
That is besides the work i do daily - so time is limited.
Hence my search for greater efficiency in my endeavors.
thank you
Hans Mike in Canada is Very good at what he does, he may be able to teach us all something.
George
Did you do these?... I do not see any comment or your name.
Fantastically accurate - did you use cut out lab? thereafter draw and eraser?
The next trick is to lighten up the image so that it will show well on a black piece of granite...almost look like a white guy but retain the features of an African.
Please explain your method as used to achieve the included images?
thank you again for your interest,
Mike is in a different timezone so might not be here for a few hours. But he mentioned the program Vertus Fluid Mask which I found at http://www.vertustech.com/fluidMask/features.html
It is not a program I've used, but it looks very interesting -- I would certainly be using it if I needed to do cutouts more often.
That looks as though it could well the software for me... I will download the trial and give it a go.
A little secret!!! I am 80 years young and sometimes it takes a tad longer to ingest these new technologies.
Enjoying it immensely though, specially as it augments my pension somewhat:)
Thank you for the interst and assistance.