How do I extract fine details from a photo

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Stingray
Jul 18, 2003
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Hi
I know how to use the extract tool but sometimes I cannot get all the finer details such as strands of hair or whiskers, how can this be accomplished so you can extract most of the fine details.
Thank you
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rtedwards
Jul 18, 2003
Is this with respect to copying a section of the image and then enlarging it?

If so, assumming the resolution is real fine on the slide, then increasing the resolution of the of the image before it is opened in photoshop should allow you to take the hair or, for that matter, any part of the image, enlarge it and still come up with finer details.

What I’m trying to say is the more pixels you have that match the original image, the better the detail.

In photography, the distances between the light sensitive crystals effect the details of the image.

hth

"Stingray" wrote in message
Hi
I know how to use the extract tool but sometimes I cannot get all the
finer
details such as strands of hair or whiskers, how can this be accomplished
so you
can extract most of the fine details.
Thank you
N
Nod
Jul 18, 2003
I think, if you don’t mind me saying, you’ve misunderstood the original question. What I took it to mean is how do you mask and select part of the image when it contains very fine details. You can’t draw round each strand of hair with the mask tool and the magic wand won’t work well enough. I would also like to know the answer to that one. Somebody did tell me once but I think it was quite complex.

Regards
Andrew.

Hi Richard
Thank yoiu for the response. I have shot a few photos that I want to
extract the
people from the original photo and place them onto a different
background
but I
want to make sure I gett all the fine details such as strands of hair
etc
etc. I
normally go to the plugins and use the extract tool for this purpose,
but
I am
open to any other suggestions you may have. . Again thanks for you help
it
is
appreciated.
XN
XO News
Jul 19, 2003
I have read the responses so far and am amazed that not one of them mentions the tool that gives you the most control over your selection. The Pen tool. It is the best (if not the only) tool that will give you the ability to select the fine detail you are looking for.

Another possible way (depending on the original image) of masking the fine detail is using Channels. I will not take the time to go thru it here but if you are interested you might want to find a book called "Photoshop Channel CHOPS", New Riders Publishing. It is not a new book (last copyright was 1998) but almost the entire book is relevant in the current version of Photoshop.

"Stingray" wrote in message
Hi
I know how to use the extract tool but sometimes I cannot get all the
finer
details such as strands of hair or whiskers, how can this be accomplished
so you
can extract most of the fine details.
Thank you
J
jrzyguy
Jul 19, 2003
channel chops is a GREAT book!!! it really teaches you how to do things without the use of plugins etc. I only wish that it had a cd with some of the images to work with.

jj

"XO News" wrote in message
I have read the responses so far and am amazed that not one of them
mentions
the tool that gives you the most control over your selection. The Pen
tool.
It is the best (if not the only) tool that will give you the ability to select the fine detail you are looking for.

Another possible way (depending on the original image) of masking the fine detail is using Channels. I will not take the time to go thru it here but
if
you are interested you might want to find a book called "Photoshop Channel CHOPS", New Riders Publishing. It is not a new book (last copyright was 1998) but almost the entire book is relevant in the current version of Photoshop.

"Stingray" wrote in message
Hi
I know how to use the extract tool but sometimes I cannot get all the
finer
details such as strands of hair or whiskers, how can this be
accomplished
so you
can extract most of the fine details.
Thank you

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