KnockOut 2 plugin problems

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Dave_Uk
Mar 6, 2004
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Hi,

I have Photoshop 7 and KnockOut 2 plugin. I am (or thought I was!) PC literate and don’t usually have problems using new software. However, try as I might, I can’t seem to do a simple thing like open a jpeg, ‘knock out’ the image, then copy the knocked out image into a scene, background etc.

I understand about having to create a duplicate layer that can be used in KnockOut, and I can do the ‘knock out’ okay, applying whatever colour background. However, once I save it and revert back to Photoshop the background is black.

How do I get the background into my chosen colour (Photoshop magic wand is no use as it’s not detailed enough around hair, leaves etc.)

Please help! I’ve tried the tutorials but my background is always black 🙁

Dave
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Mac_McDougald
Mar 6, 2004
I really don’t know how to use KO, although I have it.
Try simply making your orig image a layer, rather than duplicating it, by double clicking on background layer in layer palette.

KO has background color option, doesn’t it work?

If you want transparent after the fact instead of a color, use magic wand on the background color and delete. As long as image is still a layer, will go to transparent.

Mac
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Ronald_Keller
Mar 7, 2004
Dave,

Sorry but I don’t understand what you are saying (not your fault – English is not my native language)
The part I don’t understand is why you are talking about background. The background you set in KO is only for viewing purposes (so you can judge if the knockout is to your liking). The purpose of KO is deleting the background (= creating transparent pixels). When you apply the knockout and you return to Photoshop you should end up with transparent pixels around the image. No black or whatever other colour.
If you started with a duplicated layer you won’t notice a difference because the underlying layer will show through and you should hide that layer. But black? Unless you have a background that is black of course…

It’s a mystery to me 🙂

Greetings from Belgium

Ronald
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Mac_McDougald
Mar 7, 2004
Again, I don’t know the finer points of the program, but I just: – opened TIFF
– clicked on background in layer palette to make it a layer – brought it into KO
– drew random irregular crop around image, applied, brought back into Photoshop
– the image is "knocked out", with transparent background in Photoshop.

There is also this "underlay" option in KnockOut, I set it for green to see what it does, didn’t do anything that I can see, just gave me transparency around image in Photoshop.

So, ??

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