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This tutorial covers the subject
of creating a very accurate selection of a complex
subject in a fussy background using the pen tool
to create a Path and a transparency.
The file
you will download will be zipped together with the
original image used by the author and a document
file to help you get the best from the video. Here
we demonstrate how to make a very accurate selection
of a complex subject in a fussy background. The
automatic tools of Photoshop such as the magic wand
tool does not help very much in these situations.
To get around that and make a very accurate selection
we use the pen tool to create a Path and then convert
that path into a selection. The end result is an
object floating on a transparent background and
one that can be used in many other images. Although
we have used Photoshop CS to record this video tutorial
you can follow along using any version of Photoshop
that supports adjustment layers.
You can see the image we start
with below and the result of our work with the pen
tool below that.
The blue squares tell us that our
subject is floating on a transparent background.
Take a look at a couple of examples
of how the lamp can now be placed within other images,
once we have created an effective path and selection.
