Photoshop Selection Halo Effect Problems

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Andrew Parkhouse
Aug 5, 2006
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Hi,

I have been on holiday to Japan recently, and naturally took a lot of photographs.

Unfortunately, in some of them the Sky is very washed out, and so I decided to use Photoshop CS2 to improve them.

I made a selection of the Sky and used the levels command as well as the Hue & Saturation Tools. This improved the images, but I have ended up with a really obvious looking ‘Halo’ effect around the edges of the selection, especially where the sky meets either building outlines, or even worse, trees and bushes etc.

I wondered if anyone here could either advise me how to rectify or achieve the proper results, or point me in the right direction.

I have posted two versions of one image showing the adjustments made with a selection and in close-up. I have also made the adjustments extreme to illustrate.

They can be seen at the following web address:

<http://homepage.mac.com/aparkhouse/PhotoAlbum2.html>

I hope you can help

Regards

Andrew
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Ram
Aug 5, 2006
Andrew,

What you want to do is separate the foreground of your image from the sky. Then put them on separate layers so you can manipulate them separately.

It’s not particularly easy at the beginning. 🙂

Look in the manual or the Photoshop Help files for "Extract", to start learning about it.

Here’s a video tutorial showing an advanced technique that combines the Extract filter with the use of the pen:

CLICK HERE <http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/ExtractSM.mov>

It’s part of Russell Brown’s great collection of tutorials and tips <http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html>.

You will also need to use a Curves adjustment layer to edit your sky layer, rather than levels or hue and saturation.

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