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Post by Gamoc on Oct 14, 2007 21:00:24 GMT -5
How do you render an image? I would like to know how to do that myself, that way I do not have to request for others to do it for me.
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Post by R Ø G U € » on Oct 14, 2007 21:34:32 GMT -5
How do you render an image? I would like to know how to do that myself, that way I do not have to request for others to do it for me. There are few ways to do it... There's the pentool, the polygonal lasso tool, and the extraction filter. My personal choice is the pentool, but I hear the Polygonal lasso tool is good too. The extraction filter is for render special effects. (Like clouds, and energy looking stuff that's transparent.) There's LOTS of good rendering tutorials on PlanetRenders. I learned how to use the pentool from this tutorial. To answer the main point of your question; You basically have to use one of the tools mentioned above, and draw around the thing you want to render to create a custom marquee selection, then feather the selection and delete the BG. Of course thats not to say you can do it all with just one of the tools, sometimes you need to use them in concert. Anyways, I hoped that helped. If you have nay questions you can PM me.
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Post by carnageX on Oct 14, 2007 23:19:42 GMT -5
You shouldn't feather when you render >.< I learned not to do that, because it makes the image look less crisp, and makes the edges look fuzzy. I personally use the pen tool to render (check out the premades board for the renders I've done ). Then after I've drawn around the image with the pen tool (you'll wanna zoom into about 500-600% at least when rendering, unless its a friggin huge image (huge as in 2000x3000 or more in dimensions), when t hen you can get away with probably going into about 300-400% zoom. AFter you've traced around the entire image, and closed the path, I rightclick on it > make selection > change to my rectangular marquee tool > right click on the selection > and do a layer via cut. I do that because in case I miss something from the bg, I still have the original right there to go back to, while its still a layer. Then I go back into the render/cut out all of the little bits/pieces that are inside of the render.
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Post by R Ø G U € » on Oct 15, 2007 0:15:15 GMT -5
When I feather I use the lowest settings. (0.2-4) That way it gets rid of the jagged edges, and keeps the edges crisp.
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Post by Gamoc on Oct 16, 2007 19:43:23 GMT -5
Ah, that really clears things up, here I was thinking I might need a new program. I never imagined that I should use the pen tool for it. Thank you.
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Post by R Ø G U € » on Oct 16, 2007 19:54:01 GMT -5
No problem. ;D
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Post by carnageX on Oct 16, 2007 19:54:18 GMT -5
Pen tool is the easiest, IMO, but of course other people say the lasso is easier. Just depends on what you use first/learn to use best.
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Post by Gamoc on Oct 16, 2007 21:13:18 GMT -5
Yeah, I think I might use it, I'm not that good with lasso tool.
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Post by !Xx~NapalM~xX! on Oct 17, 2007 17:33:45 GMT -5
in psp i use the point-to-point marquee tool.
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Post by CrazieGrafix on Nov 4, 2007 17:30:44 GMT -5
point to point is the best unless you have a real easy image and can use the wand ;p
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Post by Dustin ™ on Nov 7, 2007 16:27:25 GMT -5
I also use the pen tool. Which is in PS and PSP may I add. ;D
It's the easiest because you have your anchors and such if you mess something up. Plus you can take your time doing it if you save your path if it's a huge image.
I don't use feather at all. As Carnage stated I think it messes up the edges even if you use feather to the lightet extent.
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Post by R Ø G U € » on Nov 7, 2007 19:06:13 GMT -5
Still, you got to admit that it's harder to get a "clean" cut without using a feather.
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Post by Dustin ™ on Nov 7, 2007 20:41:01 GMT -5
I think it's alright to use feather if the stock is just for your use. But if you're putting it up for other people to use I wouldnt use feather.
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Post by carnageX on Nov 7, 2007 20:41:18 GMT -5
Not really... I get clean cuts and I don't use feathering. It just depends on how many anchors you use to make curves/straight edges.
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Post by ~CrAzY~™ on Nov 8, 2007 22:57:11 GMT -5
I also use the pen tool. Which is in PS and PSP may I add. ;D It's the easiest because you have your anchors and such if you mess something up. Plus you can take your time doing it if you save your path if it's a huge image. I don't use feather at all. As Carnage stated I think it messes up the edges even if you use feather to the lightet extent. I've actually never learned how to properly go back and edit pen tool lines... Everyone shows how to make the line the first time, but never really goes into how to edit it if you made a mistake. That, or I just haven't noticed it in any tuts.
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Post by R Ø G U € » on Nov 10, 2007 3:08:18 GMT -5
^ You just hold down CTRL [or command if your on mac] and adjust the anchor point.
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