[Hidden-tech] Photoshop help needed

[Jason Miranda]

Hi Greg,

Which version of Photoshop are you using? Masking is a bit different in Photoshop CS5 than CS3 or CS4. Easier I think — especially to mask hair and other fine details — but much different than using the extraction filter in earlier versions. If you feel more comfortable with the extraction filter, I believe it's still available for download from Adobe.

If you have CS5, you can learn more about masking here: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/the-russell-brown-show/masking-basics-in-photoshop-cs5/

Also, if you go to the main page for this show, you'll find other video tutorials: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/the-russell-brown-show/.

There are a bunch of tutorials on the web — just search for "photoshop mask hair" or "photoshop extraction" — you'll get a bunch of results.

I did the same thing you're doing a few weeks ago for a marketing piece I was designing, so if you'd like to talk with me I'm happy to go over what I did.

Best,
Jason


Jason Miranda
Spoke & Wheel | www.sampw.com
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(ph) 413.203.1123
(fax) 617.206.9516

On Feb 23, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Greg Caulton wrote:

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> I need help with what, for me, is a difficult Photoshop task -- contouring around hair. See the lo-res jpeg linked at 
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> Can anyone either do it for me or show me how to do it? For your usual rate, of course. I'm using CS3 which is part of the problem (but so is my lack of skill in this particular area).
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