8 Most efficient ways to extract the flame from PS

Originally the same picture has so many pull method!! The main purpose of this article is to open up the idea of everyone, encourage you to explore the deep principles of Photoshop, so that in the future of the drawing process can be handy. In any case, this time can be a one-time pull all the methods have learned!

Pull the flame is divided into true and false pull, the so-called true pull is the final result does not pick the background and does not depend on the layer blending mode. Saw a lot of digging flames, false pull the majority, of course, the two did not compete.

Original material: (black background is that it has so many key factors to pull the method)

Ask for the flame to be dug out, and finally put on the blue background, the small partners are ready?

　　1, light mixed mode to pick the flame (false pull)

New transparent layer, fill blue as background;

Copy the background image and place the background copy to the top level and set the mode to light mode.

Effect:

Layer palette:

　　2, color range to pick the flame (really pull)

Effect Rating: General

New transparent layer, fill blue as background;

Copy the background image and put the background copy to the top, click on the background copy, then select-Color Range-Highlight, then press CTRL+J to pull out the high light flame.

Then continue to click on the background copy map, to perform the selection-color range-midtones, and then press Ctrl+j to pull out the middle fire flame.

Comment on: Color range This command is not really suitable for digging and repairing pictures. Its high light, midtones, shadow commands are mainly to tell you the high light, the midtones, the approximate range of shadows, play an indicative role.

　　3, mix color to pull the flame (really pull)

Effect Rating: Color over natural, very good.

New transparent layer, fill blue as background;

Copy the background image, and put the background copy to the top level, double-click the background copy map, get the Layer Style dialog box, alt-click the "Mixed color with this layer to the left black pull block on the right half of the black Block", and pull to the diagram position.

Effect Chart:

The Layer palette diagram above includes, will not repeat the paste.

Comments: Mixed colors with commands are unusually powerful. It is worth understanding and grasping, not clear principle can Baidu "mix color belt".

　　4, ctrl+alt+2 Select the high light part of the flame (really pull)

Effect Rating: It's OK.

New transparent layer, fill blue as background;

Copy the background image, and put the background copy to the top, click the background copy graph, then ctrl+alt+2 (go to the channel palette, hold down CTRL click the RGB channel effect is consistent) Select the High light section, and then press and hold Ctrl+j to copy the high light section, and then continue to double-click Ctrl + three times J Duplicate 3 layers of translucent high light flame. Finally hides the background copy layer.

Effect Chart:

Layer Palette Diagram:

Comment on: This method is still too rough! Although the name is to choose the high light part, but actually also selected in a number of intermediate harmony very few dark tune. Of course, the application is good in this case.

Since there are students mentioned above, then I will say false digging defects. A lot of people say: So easy, such a flame color filter one step to fix!

Is that really the case? If the background is a lighter color than the flame, I think you can do a step!

Filter effect diagram: Should say can not make people satisfied.

Of course, for some white-bottomed cutout, it usually uses a positive overlay, and it also encounters this dilemma. So any method is not omnipotent, there are special circumstances that it fits.

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