Like you I use green screen in Elements for video editing with good results. Not perfect but this is what I came up with based on the above mask:Īlthough this is an old forum post I have found it by searching for a similar solution.įor such a tool with so many features it does seem strange that it is not an easy thing to do in Photoshop. (Same way.alt click the line between her image and the Hue/Saturation layer.) If you only wanted to effect the girl and not a new background add it to clipping mask. (Areas that contain shades of gray would be semi-transparent.amount based on the gray's brightness value.)įor the green cast on the edges, I removed that by using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to remove the green spill over. Areas that are white in the adjustment layer mask will show the original image areas in black in the adjustment layer mask will be transparent. (Release alt key when done.) She should now be covering the mask you created. Click the palette on the line separating these two layers. Notice the cursor changes to an odd symbol.a solid ring and a hollow ring with an arrow. Now, hold in the alt key and move your curser in the layers pallete to the line separating these two layers. Create a copy of your original image up above this base layer. The Solid color fill layer (or whatever you picked) with your mask is going to be the base on which your selection will be built. You'll use this adjustment layer as a base to a clipping mask. Now, either alt click the mask or click on another layer to remove the focus from the mask. This will paste the above mask into the adjustment layer mask. This is because the mask is now the focus. Alt click the mask of the adjustment layer you created. I used the Solid Color Fill Adjustment layer. ![]() Create and adustment layer mask that has a mask. Select mask that was just made and copy it into your clipboard. Probably not a problem for the hair edges but would need to be fixed for face and body areas as this will be a mask to make the selection. Not perfect.I did this really fast and was a bit sloppy and didn't get all of my light grays pushed to whites. When done, it should look something like this: You will use black and white paint to push dark gray to black and light gray to white. Set the brush tool's mode to Overlay blend mode. (Just in case something goes wrong so you don't have to repeat the last steps). ![]() It should look something like this when these steps are done.Ĭopy this image to a new layer. ![]() Next Invert it (CTRL I), then run levels from the image menu (CTRL L) to push the image towards pure white and black.well close. I prefer using Hue/Saturation from the image menu (CTRL U) and moving desat slider down to -100. Thought I'd post this anyway just in case you couldn't get that filter to work in Photoshop Elements 7,įirst, make a copy of the image and desaturate it to make it black and white. My end product doesn't look as good as Mark's though. The screen shots are in CS3 my preference but worked with Elements limitations to show you how easy she can be selected without any filters. If you want I can upload my changes, either the psd or a jpg version.įWIW, She is really easy to select on that green screen if you use a few tricks. Oh yes, I also did some playing around with color correction and levels to brighten her a bit. ![]() Since the selected areas included some of the hair and the hair was dark anyway, removing the color was negligable. In a couple tiny areas this didn't work, so I again selected these areas and applied a Hue/Saturation with the pull-down list default of Master and moved the Saturation left to totally remove the color. In a few small areas where GML Matting did not remove the green, I selected around these areas and applied a Hue/Saturation change where I selected green from the pull-down list and moved the Saturation slider all the way left to remove the green. I added the white layer so you can better see the result. It works especially well in extracting fine areas such as hair, as you can see in my example: This tool extracts an item from a picture and places it on a transparent background. I used the freeware PSE add-on GML Matting to remove the background.
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