Background Removal Question

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Bob_A_Ianson
Oct 30, 2008
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I have a photo open on CS4, that I want to remove the sky and replace it with another. Since the photo has lots of "gridwork" in it (it’s the Eiffel Tower in Vegas) I used Mask pro to remove the blue sky. When I save it back to CS4, is there a way to easily select the blank background so that I can insert the new sky? I can make a Quick Selection of the majority of the sky but again, it’s the sky, or in this case now, the blank background peeking through all the grid work that is the problem getting selected.
Any thoughts?
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John Joslin
Oct 30, 2008
Just go to Select > Load Selection.
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Bob_A_Ianson
Oct 30, 2008
But I didn’t have it selected in CS4, bfore I took it into Mask Pro.
JJ
John Joslin
Oct 30, 2008
Did you try it?
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Bob_A_Ianson
Oct 30, 2008
Just doing the Maskpro process again from scratch. I will know shortly.
JJ
John Joslin
Oct 30, 2008
Just doing the Maskpro process again from scratch.

Why?

"Load Selection" will default to layer transparency if there is no alpha channel.
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Bob_A_Ianson
Oct 30, 2008
Works like magic Josh!! Thanks for the help.

Bob
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Phosphor
Oct 30, 2008
Good ol’ Josh really knows his stuff.

That’s why we lurve ‘im round here!

🙂
JJ
John Joslin
Oct 30, 2008
😉
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Phosphor
Oct 30, 2008
(It makes me giggle every time I see that, J.J.)

🙂

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