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7 May 2007

fine cut for object background in photoshop

Author: webee | Filed under: photoshop, tutorials

cut out backgroundnot so long ago, at my old job, i quite frequently had to cut out the background of some photoshop images. nothing special so far…

but guess what: all of those images presented close-ups of people (women and children)… can you imagine how fun it is to cut off their hair? especially with curlly hair!! :(

i’ve tried everything! neither the pentool nor the magic wand did any magic!! not even after making an alpha channel and recreating the hair.

if i only knew then the vertus fluid mask filter…
here’s what you can do with it:

original background cut final cut background
great details isn’t it?

and here’s how you do it:

1. after you install, select and apply the filter, push the delete local button

delete local background

2. now click on the background you want to cut off (click on both sides of the object)

click background cut

3. go to image > select autofill image

autofill background cut

4. make sure you deactivate “show edges” in order to have a clearer image

show edges for background cut

5. select complex brush

complex brush background cut

6. and cover all the parts that are not selected

cover background cut

7. click on the cut out button

cut out background

8. and… this is how it looks on transparent background, after everything’s done!transparent background cut

really simple and fast isn’t it?

btw: you maybe interested also in some previous posts, where i’ve told how to cut background using pen tool.

need more answers? post a comment ;)

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10 Responses to “fine cut for object background in photoshop”

  2. I got bought Vertus about 6 months ago, by a client who’d asked me do turn some portrait photos into photo-clipart.

    I was working on 200 images, so I reckon it must have saved me about 10 days work in total! Very cool…

    I was hoping to see something similar integrated into CS3 when it arrived, but I guess I’ll have to wait for CS4 - once Adobe have bought out Vertus!

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  6. really nice filter. it makes wonders :) thanks for posting

  8. Just out of curiosity, are those screenshots of CS3? Haven’t tried it yet, but if they are, there are bigger changes than I’d expected.

  10. Top tip webee - thanks very much! One of the most fiddliest jobs in Photoshop made much easier.

  12. @laura
    thanks laura.

    @asgeir
    i’ve just seen your blog and it is really great. i was actually looking for a blog taking both approaches: design and advertising
    i’m still using photoshop CS2, but the screenshots are from the vertus filter.
    thank’s for the comment. don’t be a stranger now ;)

    @aaron:
    i’m really glad it helps. i also find this task much easier now

  14. oh my gosh… weebee saved my day!
    You cannot imagine how hardly I needed this,
    thanks so much!

  16. cool trick and nice software! i had been using “Extract tool” to cut out those fine pixels.. but sometimes is not very accurate. But i look the final output of this picture is pretty good

    thanks for the tips!

  18. can someone gave the link for photshop!!

  20. can someone give me the link 2 download it plzz….because i keep downloading the wronge thing!!

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