From the course: Photoshop CC 2017 One-on-One: Mastery
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Painting away color fringing - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CC 2017 One-on-One: Mastery
Painting away color fringing
- [Instructor] In this movie, we're going to deploy our Alpha Channel as a Layer Mask. And then, we're going to adjust the image so that it better matches it's new background. So, I'll go ahead and switch over to the image so far, and I'll click on the RGB item at the top of the Channels panel to switch back to the full color composite. And then, I'll load that final Alpha Channel as a selection outline by pressing the Control key or the Command key on the Mac, and clicking on it like so. Or in our case, you could also press the keyboard shortcut of Control, Alt, 7, or Command, Option, 7 on the Mac. Alright, now switch back to the Layers panel, make sure that this pointer layer is selected, which is the layer that contains the subject of our photograph, and then I'll drop down to the Outlier Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and click on it, and we end up with this not half bad effect right here. Problem is, not half bad is not good enough, and so notice if I zoom in on the…
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Using the image to select itself2m 15s
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A quick refresher on layer masking5m 43s
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Initiating a mask as an alpha channel8m 7s
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Deploying an alpha channel as a layer mask6m 33s
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Introducing the Calculations command6m 44s
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Masking a subject set against black or white7m 11s
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Saving alpha channels to the TIFF format3m 57s
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Painting contrast with the Overlay mode10m 52s
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Eliminating halos with the Minimum filter9m 5s
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Restoring details with the History brush6m 41s
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Masking a subject against a green screen6m 9s
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Enhancing and inverting a mask with Levels6m 48s
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Painting away color fringing8m 5s
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Immersing an image in its new environment6m
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Masking wispy, voluminous, untamed hair7m 44s
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Preserving very fine hair details9m 25s
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Compositing hair to match a new background6m 57s
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