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Daniel case
{K:756} 11/6/2003
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I'm a PS amatuer myself. I have been photographing flowers for 2 years so I'll suggest a few things that might help. Bright, full colored flowers tend to burn out easily when photographed so try to pick a flower with a slightly colored edge to the petals. Also pink, cyan, violet, dirty yellow, or flowers with a more secondary color tone seem to show more detail due to their color contrast. Also try side lighting to cast a shadow when all else fails. None of this is written stone though, Good luck.
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Roderik Koenders
{K:2740} 10/19/2003
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Try using the pen tool. It offers great control on these things with defining edges. Just look for a tutorial on google. I've just added a picture in which I selected the flower in this way and reduced the background saturation.
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MC Skina
{K:109} 10/18/2003
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Get a good book on Photoshop or look online for tutorials. Photoshop can select anything you want, if you knew how to ask it... Even the help file is good for a start. Look at: 1) quick mask (and changing/building that with brushes), 2) alpha channels and 3) paths.
Im teaching Photoshop. Students have a hard time learning how to work because immediat results are not fantastic. With patience (motivation) you will be able to select anything you want. That done, you're already half a Photoshop wizard! The other half lays in the power of your imagination.
Good luck and dont loose hope! :-)
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Thomas Tan
{K:167} 10/16/2003
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Thank you all for your help and suggestions. I will use more patience as suggested by Lorenzo and the tools suggested by Matej. Overall I think patience is the key, my problem is I usually try to finish a project in a hurry since I like to watch the final result.
Again thank you for your assistance.
Regards,
Tom
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 10/16/2003
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Scan the photo at the maximum possible resolution. Zoom in really close (e.g. 200%), and use the polygonal lasso tool or the the magnetic lasso tool. There should be a couple of buttons up on the toolbar where you can select between new selection, add to selection, and subtract from selection. You'll need to use the latter two. Do the selecting slowly and carefully - if you want to have a quality result in the end, it will take time and effort. Adding to selection will allow you to select the outline part by part. Save your selection regularly as you create it. Should something go terribly wrong, you can return to a previous state that you were happy with, rather than having to start all over again. Most of the time, you'll probably be able to correct any mistakes and imperfections with adding to and subtracting from selections (switching between those buttons).
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Lorenzo Parisi
{K:6277} 10/16/2003
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The idea is good.
I have the same problem, I think the tools are right, you have to use more precision and patience... a lot of patience...
Regards, Lorenzo
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Priyadarshi Sinha
{K:7238} 10/15/2003
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nice work .. lovely shot.
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Teunis Haveman
{K:53426} 10/15/2003
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Tom, nice colours and doff
Teunis
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