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
Thank you for the continued interest - My work is such that I have to do an average of 5 head and shoulder pics a day for reproduction on a CNC machine.
It is a slow and cumbersome process using the cut out lab.
After I have used the cut out lab, at the stage where i go to preview, I always seem to retaim much smudging and other rubbish left around the image I need - often taking twice as long to remove the remainder of the rubbish than it does to do the original cut out work.
Is there something I am doing wrong? Why is there so much work again when going to preview?
thank you
hans said:Is there something I am doing wrong?
YES...There are better tools available. If you post a sample pic I can help with extractions. Without seeing exactly the complexity and end result needed, it is difficult to guess what you need.
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.
hans said:I must do about 5 a day.
Here is three minutes for all edits.....Vertus Fluid Mask...
Hello Mike in Canada; Would Vertus Fluid Mask let you change the color of the mans shirt? Also what format does it save in, or can you cut and paste into Corel X7? It looks like a Strong program.
George
TheSign Guy said:Would Vertus Fluid Mask let you change the color of the mans shirt?
Nope, it is solely a masking tool, like Cutout lab, It is a plugin and works in X6, dont have x7 yet to try. It saves to the format you are already working on, which needs to be 8bit rgb.
Thanks Mike in Canada; That's very good to know. I'll do a little checking and see if it will work in X7 and let you know. If you get the chance drop me a email so I can send a email.
George ( george@vasigns.net )