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[Chris.]

Ah, thank you very much for that Spartan!

[Chief_Bean]

Mista H., on Sep 2 2008, 12:52 AM, said:

Chief_Bean, on Sep 1 2008, 06:09 PM, said:

Mista H., on Sep 1 2008, 10:50 PM, said:

Chief_Bean, on Aug 27 2008, 05:37 AM, said:

Mista H., on Aug 26 2008, 04:50 PM, said:

I normally take a picture (if im planning on a composite) against a solid color backgroud, a solid blue sky if its from below, or make it very overcast and foggy if from above, and box the aircraft. Copy it, and use the magic wand tool and adjust the tolerance so that it cuts it out nice. The you have a layer that is only the plane, and it was a quick fix!

Always leaves bad edges though

Nope, like I said, if the background is solid enough, then changing the tolerance on the magic wand will fix it.

Well, bad edges (jaggy) are sometimes visible on your composites. But, magic wand works, it's just that pen tool is more 'perfect'.

Yeah I have had them on my comps before, and you are right that the pen tool is more perfect, but cmon. It saves, what, 10 minutes?

It does.

And like I said, it's only necessary if you're looking for perfection (or the best way to do it)

Edited by Chief_Bean, 02 September 2008 - 03:11 AM.

[PiP]

Alaska MD-83, on Jul 11 2008, 03:02 AM, said:

I just go pixel by pixel

Paths go below the pixel, using semitransparency to make a smooth edge.

[Pro.Navigator]

lol at the video so funny

[Alaska_MD-83]

PiP, on Sep 30 2008, 12:19 PM, said:

Alaska MD-83, on Jul 11 2008, 03:02 AM, said:

I just go pixel by pixel

Paths go below the pixel, using semitransparency to make a smooth edge.

Yes but you see, have you seen one of my un-edited shots, My computer Doesn't support AA. Though Now I have learned a better way using a line tool in PDN.

[PiP]

Alaska MD-83, on Oct 9 2008, 04:54 AM, said:

PiP, on Sep 30 2008, 12:19 PM, said:

Alaska MD-83, on Jul 11 2008, 03:02 AM, said:

I just go pixel by pixel

Paths go below the pixel, using semitransparency to make a smooth edge.

Yes but you see, have you seen one of my un-edited shots, My computer Doesn't support AA. Though Now I have learned a better way using a line tool in PDN.

Cut out with paths, paste into where you want it, then use motion blur to smooth the edges.

[Peter797]

Alaska MD-83, on Jul 10 2008, 10:02 PM, said:

I just go pixel by pixel

That's like $2 worth of photoshop lmao...u can go pixel by pixel in Paint.

[lambo8]

Quick suggestion, if you cut out the plane and plan to use it more than once in the future, instead of cutting it out again just make a clipping mask in Illustrator and save as a .eps.

[Prash]

lambo8, on Oct 13 2008, 10:28 PM, said:

Quick suggestion, if you cut out the plane and plan to use it more than once in the future, instead of cutting it out again just make a clipping mask in Illustrator and save as a .eps.

Or cut it out in its original size, paste it in a document with a transparent background then save as PSD?