This small series of PS Tutorial to pull the map, we know that pull map is very fastidious method, the specific needs of the original material in accordance with the complexity of the subject and background to choose the appropriate method. The following picture shows the color of the monkey hair is different, it is best to select the extraction filter to pull the map, respectively, white and black hair can be dug out.
The original artwork is as follows:
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
Final effect
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
Just looking for the "monkey" footage of the time, I began to conceive, I usually use the cutout method has three kinds:
First, the use of filter plug-ins, Knockout 2.0. The advantage of this plugin is that it is faster to pull down and less hair loss.
Second, the channel to pull the graph method.
Third, pull out the drawing method. After thinking, we began the journey of experimentation.
Scheme one: According to the custom, I first use the "Filter plugin ~knockout 2.0". First double-click the layer to unlock, and then use the plug-in to pull the map, reasonable selection of the inner and outer ring range:
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
Output image, but careful observation can be found that in the output image of two (with the Red Line circled part) obvious hair loss of more places, the first scheme failed.
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
Programme II: Then use the Channel method to try: Observation three channels can be found, because the monkey's hair edge has two colors, from the yellow coil out of the section, in the red channel, you can pull out "white hair", in the blue channel, you can pull out "black hair." Pull out the two layers together and you're done.
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
Look at the plucked image, the edge of the hair is clear, however, the background is gray (the load of the layer does not have the background part, but why the gray background will appear in the copy layer, I have not understood.) The second plan declares defeat!
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
Plan three: Only use the "extraction method" to try: in this material, because the monkey hair edge has "black, white" two kinds, so consider two steps will be hair out.
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
The following:
First, copy the background layer, press ctrl+alt+x, pull out the extraction command. Dye the entire "monkey body" to a high light, note that the "force foreground" option is selected, and the first step is to draw white. Press "OK" to pull out the white hair.
Second, "Layer one" is to pull out the white hair, in order to facilitate observation, add a dark green background layer. It can be seen that the hair is still very ideal.
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
Third, copy the background layer again.
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
Iv. Press Ctrl+alt+x and pull out the order. This time, change the color of the "force foreground" option to "black." Press "OK" to pull out the black hair.
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
Five, the dark green background layer to adjust to the "black hair" layer below, see the Monkey body hair edge root clear.
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
Turn off the original background layer and dark green background of the eyes, the purpose is to confirm whether there is still a "gray" background phenomenon. You can see that the background is transparent.
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
Next, "White hair layer" and "black hair layer" together, in the merged layer with a history pen to draw the main part of the monkey. So far, the monkey body's pull image has been successfully completed.
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
Eight, the monkey body and Apenheul background together to complete the final effect.
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
PS Cutout: Practical tips for picking up animal hair
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