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Rob Barron · 05-02-2008, 15:33

Hi Ray, getting rid of the halo is much easier than a lot of people realise so here's how to do it.

~ Using the original .psd file so you have the tree on one layer and the sky on the other, select the layer with the tree.
~ Now, looking at the layer, hold down Ctrl and click on the ICON in the layer (that's the miniature picture of what is on that layer)
~ You now have the tree selected - see the marching ants around the tree!
~ Ok, now just go to Select > Modify > Contract and enter 1 pixel
~ The selection has now contracted and should be just inside the edge of the tree, with the blue halo on the outside of the selection!
~ Now press Ctrl+J to copy the tree to a new layer. This will copy the tree but not the halo so just delete the original tree layer and you've got a tree with no halo

Hope you find that useful. It's a very handy technique for getting rid of haloes, fringing, etc.

Cheers,
Rob

05-02-2008, 15:33	#7 (permalink)
Rob Barron Loves the place Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Poole, Dorset Posts: 5,386	Re: Isolation Hi Ray, getting rid of the halo is much easier than a lot of people realise so here's how to do it. ~ Using the original .psd file so you have the tree on one layer and the sky on the other, select the layer with the tree. ~ Now, looking at the layer, hold down Ctrl and click on the ICON in the layer (that's the miniature picture of what is on that layer) ~ You now have the tree selected - see the marching ants around the tree! ~ Ok, now just go to Select > Modify > Contract and enter 1 pixel ~ The selection has now contracted and should be just inside the edge of the tree, with the blue halo on the outside of the selection! ~ Now press Ctrl+J to copy the tree to a new layer. This will copy the tree but not the halo so just delete the original tree layer and you've got a tree with no halo Hope you find that useful. It's a very handy technique for getting rid of haloes, fringing, etc. Cheers, Rob __________________ Rob Barron robbarron@aol.com If you look down on other people, don't expect them to look up to you!