Isolation

[shmelly]

I have been trying to isolate images and have been having a hard time. Could you please tell me if this is a desent try. I think I have gone cross-eyed so I don't know what I'm looking at anymore. I would also love to know the process anyone else uses, I use photoshop elements 6.

[windrider86]

The reflection on the bells is a distraction. Use your clone tool set to darken and lower your opacity and also the hardness so the clone will blend in. Use the rest of the bell to cover up the white areas.
I'd also try and bring out a bit more detail in some of the leaves and remove the bright area on the one leaf

[shmelly]

Thankyou Michelle for your time looking at the photo. I have done what you suggested with moderate success. The leaves look much better and the bells look less (stuck on the page) but look very flat with out the shine. I think what I should do is go and take the picture properly in the first place so I don't have to pp it. Now there's a whole new can of worms.

[kencaleno]

Here's how I isolate:

To Isolate Objects against a white background:

First,Photograph your object using any background, Then:

a) Zoom in 200-300%.
b) Use the pen selection tool to chart an exact path around the object.
Get it perfect.
c) Click on working path Icon in paths palette
d) Select> Modify> Contract by 2 pixels.
e) Select> modify> Smooth by 3-5 pixels.
f) Select> Inverse-.
g) Select> Feather by 0.2 - 0.5 pixels.
h) Make sure foreground black/background white - Press Delete.
You now have isolated object on white background.


Ken

[shmelly]

Thankyou Ken for your reply. I meant to thank you earlier but got side tracked. Unfortunately in elements I don't have a pen tool so I used my polygonal lasso tool. I never thought before to enlarge the image quite so high (don't know why now because that makes perfect sense) anyway the results weren't to bad, not close to the wonderful images you shared, but getting better.