Re: Photo touch-up

You gotta love this guy..

Sorry it took me so long to post, been writing shoppingcart file code all
day and didn't get a chance to pay much attention.  I think Mr. Fusion
(sorry...i meant brianj) has yet another great way to create smooth edges
on a Photo (which is what you asked) using (PhotoShop 4) which again is
what you stated.  I suggest listening to everyones ideas and Play around
your self untill your compfortable with some method.

Ray



At 05:51 PM 12/9/97 -0500, f u s i o n wrote:
>While on a grassy hilltop in Northern Spain, surrounded by goats, Ray Hatch
>wrote:
>
>>>How do touch up a photo using Photoshop 4.0
>>>to give it a nice soft edge like the ones I found in
>>>the following site:
>>>http://www.drue.com/writings/tattoo.html
>>>
>>>Jennifer Appleton
>-----------
>
>Hi Jennifer,
>
>The first step may vary (depending on what you are using- photo, line art,
>text etc..)
>Just mail me back if you don't understand that part.
>
>A better thing to do besides just gaussin blurring the edges, as another
>said, a more professional looking way would be to just feather the edges
>and paste it onto a new canvas.
>
>This is a set of instructions for a photo:
>
>1. Open your photo. (duh)
>
>2. Click on the marquee tool (dotted shape on the tool bar (square)).
>
>3. Make a smaller square inside the photo, leaving a small amount of space
>around the edges (this varies depending on the size of the photo).
>
>4. Leave it selected and choose Selections --> Feather ---> 5
>
>5. Layers--> Flatten Image
>
>6. Edit--> Copy
>
>7. Paste into a new image with the back ground of your choice.
>
>8. Say your ABC's
>
>9. Get some coffee
>
>10. Watch T.V.
>
>--
>In review:
>--
>
>1. Open Photo
>2. Crop an inner section, leaving a small "border" between the outside edge
>of the photo and your selection.
>3. Selections-->Feather-->5
>4. Layers-->Flatten
>5. Edit-->Copy
>6. Ctrl-N
>7. Ctrl-V
>8. Save
>
>I hope I didn't miss any steps, but I know I will get corrected in about 5
>or 10 minutes, explaining how to do it in a much simpler way.
>
>Another way would be to use Quickmask, and that would leave a lot of
>options open for creative borders, but that is another day.
>
>b.j.
>
>p.s. anyone know the REAL address of that MASS EMAIL WORKS! spammer that
>has been sending to the www-style list? I'd like to wrap my hands around
>that sucker's neck.
>

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