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Oct 5, 2010
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I want to select my grand daughter in a picture and move her to a new background and my question is should I feather the selection and if so how much should I feather it? Both pictures are 8 x 10 inches each and the resolutions are 300 pixels/inch each. Thanks.
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Infinitech
Oct 5, 2010
Assuming you got CS5, as stated in a previous post…You should be able to see by yourself the effects of feathering your "cut-out" via the "masks" panel (as well as the density and the ways to refine your mask) given that your grand daughter is saved with her own layer with a mask (visible in the channel panel) which is HIGHLY advisable…For more information with the masks, go and read the manual…
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I want to select my grand daughter in a picture and move her to a new background and my question is should I feather the selection and if so how much should I feather it? Both pictures are 8 x 10 inches each and the resolutions are 300 pixels/inch each. Thanks.
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Joel
Oct 5, 2010
RDOC wrote:

I want to select my grand daughter in a picture and move her to a new background and my question is should I feather the selection and if so how much should I feather it? Both pictures are 8 x 10 inches each and the resolutions are 300 pixels/inch each. Thanks.

Yes and No. It depends on your Masking and Blending skill. Many moons ago I did use the feather to reduce the error, but it only for displaying not for printing. So I spent more time to improve the Masking skill and I haven’t used feather for many years, and I do for large printing not displaying.

So, for displaying or may be 4×6 print you may be able to get around with minor error (around the edge), but for large printing like 8×10" or 24×36" then the INK will be visible (very ugly, very unprofessional).

The other trick to hide/reduce the error (hi-liting) around the edge is using the background has similar color to forground, or combination with busy background so you can hide the hi-liting around the edge.
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rdoc2
Oct 5, 2010
On Oct 5, 3:06 pm, Joel wrote:
RDOC wrote:
I want to select my grand daughter in a picture and move her to a new background and my question is should I feather the selection and if so how much should I feather it? Both pictures are 8 x 10 inches each and the resolutions are 300 pixels/inch each. Thanks.

        Yes and No.  It depends on your Masking and Blending skill.  Many moons ago I did use the feather to reduce the error, but it only for displaying not for printing.  So I spent more time to improve the Masking skill and I haven’t used feather for many years, and I do for large printing not displaying.

        So, for displaying or may be 4×6 print you may be able to get around with minor error (around the edge), but for large printing like 8×10" or 24×36" then the INK will be visible (very ugly, very unprofessional).
        The other trick to hide/reduce the error (hi-liting) around the edge is using the background has similar color to forground, or combination with busy background so you can hide the hi-liting around the edge.

Thanks Joel.

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