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This tutorial is to help
you learn how to separate a subject or object from it's surroundings
in order to create more serious effects without including the
isolated subject. Ok, once you have your picture open in photoshop: 1.
Click on the Edit in Quick Mask Mode button.
2. Make sure
the colors that you are using are black and white.
3. Then click
on the Brush tool and make sure you have a good size brush.
4. Then using
the brush, make the whole subject red. (Don't chose the color
red though leave your colors on white and black. The quick
mask tool uses that opaque color red as a default. Anywhere
that is red will be included in the selection).
5. This what your subject
should look like when your done "painting" it.
6. Then click
on the Edit in Standard Mode button and you should see that it makes
a selection. The problem is that it selected everything that
wasn't "painted" red. So here's what you do if you want to get
the subject selected:
7. Go to the
select menu and click on Inverse. (Select>Inverse). You
should now have what you want selected, so in order to copy it to a
layer:
8. Go to the
Layer menu and select Layer via Copy. (Layer>Layer via Copy).
You should now have a new layer with just your subject in it.
Now you can do whatever you want to the original picture (Layer 1)
without affecting your subject. Or you can copy your subject
into a completely different picture.
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