Hi.What's the easiest and fastest way to select an object sandwich in this picture? Image->Cutout Lab bad result.I got only through FreeHand Mask. It takes a lot of time. I have many of images.Maybe there is a better and faster solution? Thanks.
Hello Lena; It depends on your computer for how long it takes to do a job. the screen shot bellow took less than 10 min from start to finish.
George
Hello.You use Cutout Lab. To put your image on a different background.
Lena I used Corel Capture to mqke a copy, the checkered background is a showing for NO background at all. If you send me a email I'' attach the file and send it to you. Just let me know what format you want it in.
George ( george@vasaigns.net )
Second option: send me the sandwich. Not the photo, send the image to George, but send me the original sandwich to me. I promess to remove the background [:D]
Ten seconds job: magic wand and brush mask for correct little details
To TheSign Guy 1. Sandwich Image->Cutout 2. Save result file to png 3. Create new CPP file with Yellow background. 4. Drag and drop png to this CPP file. I get a bad result. I see a lot of disadvantages. My email lenailicheva@yandex.ru To Ariel I tried magic wand. I got a bad result. Describe please in more detail your steps. I'm getting good results with FreeHand Mask. But it takes a lot of time. I have such different pictures more than 50. I need the fastest solution in CPP X7.
P.S.
Has anyone tried this?
http://akvis.com/en/smartmask/index.php
Watch out Lena not only is he going to want the Sandwitch, but he'll want a BEER to go with it. [:D] ( HaHaHa ) LOL If you send the original file I'm sure you'll end up with a better cut out.
Geporge
Hi Lena, I have very strong opinions on Selections. The resident genius (wife) explained it to me.FIRST:1. The Cutout LAB is usually useless. 2. The magic wand is also usually useless for my pictures. It would take a thousand years to select the sky from among all the branches.
So ??
This is what I routinely do. It usually works in less than ten minutes.1. Switch to the Lab color mode. 2. Create a "throw away" layer (object in PP).3. Then use the "linear" style on the Lab Curves. (The Curves style gives me unwanted bulges.)4. Set the Curves as shown here to get a sharply defined black and white picture. (I didn't take the time to make the shadow black or white.)5. Select the white or black area with Color Mask (aka Color Range in Photoshop).6. Delete the throw-away layer.6. Clean up with the Freehand mask tool7. Convert to layer (object).
Tout fini.
Phil
If you correct the colour and contrast in the image first, then Cutout Lab copes with the image pretty well. This took less than a minute, including saving from Cutout Lab as an image plus clip mask and then retouching the clip mask for the one bit that Cutout Lab didn't get right around the lettuce leaf and the bottom right corner.