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[lunitic_8]

This may be my last edit forever... unless someone here buys me photoshop

[lunitic_8]

Sorry for the jaggies compression killed it

[patchz]

Sorry for the jaggies compression killed it

Maybe so, but man, what a gorgeous sky. Good job.

[ShaneG_old]

Search my friend, there are free paint programs that will do you as much service as the school's photoshop.

Maybe not as nice, but free. (I think most of the older Paint Shop Pro programs are available for free now. I'm using PSP9 and it does everything  I need it to, and a bunch of stuff I still don't know how to use. )

You're getting too good at these to quit now.

[Mictheslik]

Surely you could use school computers at break or lunch times to do them if you're that keen?

Lovely image by the way.....only small things would be the dodgy cutout around the nosewheel and the lighting isn't quite right....apart from that a nice shot

.mic

[lunitic_8]

[quote]Search my friend, there are free paint programs that will do you as much service as the school's photoshop.

Maybe not as nice, but free. (I think most of the older Paint Shop Pro programs are available for free now. I'm using PSP9 and it does everything

[Mictheslik]

You don't need the lasso tool...just use the pen

.mic

[lunitic_8]

You don't need the lasso tool...just use the pen

.mic

im not understanding how to use this, pen/lasso thing its not working right for me

[ShaneG_old]

You don't need the lasso tool...just use the pen

.mic

im not understanding how to use this, pen/lasso thing its not working right for me

I could never figure it out myself.

I just duplicate the layer and erase around the plane, zooming in to single pixles to get the detail stuff. Pain in the butt, and it takes forever, but the end result looks good.

Sometimes I can get away with using the magic wand tool, but I still need to work on it's settings to get it to select the way I need it to. :-/

[lunitic_8]

You don't need the lasso tool...just use the pen

.mic

im not understanding how to use this, pen/lasso thing its not working right for me

I could never figure it out myself.

I just duplicate the layer and erase around the plane, zooming in to single pixles to get the detail stuff. Pain in the butt, and it takes forever, but the end result looks good.

Sometimes I can get away with using the magic wand tool, but I still need to work on it's settings to get it to select the way I need it to. :-/

wow this is a pain in the arse

[gtirob01]

That is a great looking sky, and a great aircraft. But as Mic said, the cutout needs work, and the lighting isnt right. I do like the idea though.

As for the lasso tool, when doing a composite I use the polygon lasso tool. zoom in to the aircraft you are cutting out, and slowly work your way around the aircraft 1 section at a time. go along the lines of the aircraft, then out away from it to clear some space, and back around to close the "box". I zoom to 4-500% and work my way around the aircraft that way, pressing backspace to clear the selected area.

here is an example.


do this on your duplicate background copy

[lunitic_8]

That is a great looking sky, and a great aircraft. But as Mic said, the cutout needs work, and the lighting isnt right. I do like the idea though.

As for the lasso tool, when doing a composite I use the polygon lasso tool. zoom in to the aircraft you are cutting out, and slowly work your way around the aircraft 1 section at a time. go along the lines of the aircraft, then out away from it to clear some space, and back around to close the "box". I zoom to 4-500% and work my way around the aircraft that way, pressing backspace to clear the selected area.

here is an example.


do this on your duplicate background copy

Thanks for the tip but i dont have access to photoshop anymore  :'(

[gtirob01]

That is a great looking sky, and a great aircraft. But as Mic said, the cutout needs work, and the lighting isnt right. I do like the idea though.

As for the lasso tool, when doing a composite I use the polygon lasso tool. zoom in to the aircraft you are cutting out, and slowly work your way around the aircraft 1 section at a time. go along the lines of the aircraft, then out away from it to clear some space, and back around to close the "box". I zoom to 4-500% and work my way around the aircraft that way, pressing backspace to clear the selected area.

here is an example.


do this on your duplicate background copy

Thanks for the tip but i dont have access to photoshop anymore

[skoker]

Also you can try Gimp.  Its like photoshop but free and the compression isn't noticable.

[charlesed]

[quote]Also you can try Gimp.