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(dandelion666, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:40, archived)

Arf Arf Arf Arf Arf Arf Arf Arf

nice wind-age there

(Dangermouse., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:41, archived)

teh uplaod codez

(pengon, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:42, archived)

Pffft!

That cat has the best eyes ever.
Woo!

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mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:42, archived)

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chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:42, archived)

sorry to TJ

but i really need some help

in this image, how can I select the yellow ball and NOTHING else?

(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:42, archived)

circular lasso?

(in Photoshop)

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chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:43, archived)

Magic Wand of gayness might be the tool for the job, with the right settings.

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supermoore: HUNG, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:45, archived)

I tried magic wand

but the ball is lots of different shades of yellow, is there a way of getting it to select all yellow?

(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:47, archived)

Circular lasso.

5 second job.

Edit: here

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chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:47, archived)

you can dikkle about with the selection criteria

just keep fiddling till you go blind...

(Dangermouse., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:48, archived)

When you select magic wand

on the top bar there's a numerical value between 1 and 100. I think it's called "tolerance". Play with that and you should get a result. the two backgrounds are far enough away from yellow for it to work.

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supermoore: HUNG, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:48, archived)

BINGO!!!

thanks everyone.

(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:49, archived)

Which one did you use?????

(eyebrows, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:52, archived)

magic wand

tolerance 100, click in yellow circle = perfect cut = several hours work reduced to several minutes. b3tans am the best!

(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:57, archived)

Magic wand on the black above

Inverse
You can then use alt+lassoo to remove any bits selected you don't want

(pseudosocrates, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:51, archived)

Select colour range works well

just keep adding to the range by holding shift down

(eyebrows, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:51, archived)

Is it all one image

or a .psd in layers?

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supermoore: HUNG, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:44, archived)

its a jpeg

or a .psd with one layer!

circular lasso is not accurate enough - at least I can't control it well enough

(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:46, archived)

chop it out roughly then

and use a feathered eraser to tidy it up

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Mystery_Bob, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:47, archived)

Use shift and Alt to start from the centre of the ball

There is no other accurate way of cutting it out.

(eyebrows, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:49, archived)

In Photoshop, there are always at least 5 accurate ways of doing anything.

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Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 15:06, archived)

magic wand

magic wand

or similar...

(Dangermouse., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:45, archived)

depends what software

if you have a selection tool try and make it spherical (hold shift on the eliptical tool) then drag it to the size of the ball and move it until it covers it.
Or try the magic wand tool.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:45, archived)

i tried that

but when I move the lasso it moves what its selected as well

(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:49, archived)

you need to make the selection then click the hollow arrow rather than the solid arrow (in photoshop the black arrow moves the selected bit but the other one moves the selection only)

Or try using the cursor keys to move just the selection.

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:52, archived)

ahhhh

cool, that's dead useful! thanks

(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:58, archived)

erase all that's around in MS PAINT

then ctrl+c
but that's only if you work with that great soft

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olivier8 (euroloon), Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:47, archived)

/fluffs

Here you go

I just used Magic wand and a tolerance of around 66, Anti-alaised, and clicked all the yellow areas while holding down shift.

/defluffs

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Bad Horsey Bring back Dr. Ubes Rub!, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:49, archived)

you're very kind

thanks, I've got hundreds of these to do, but now I know how to adjust magic wand it's easy.

(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 15:00, archived)

try the selct colour range in the selct menu i believe. dont have PS open right now...so have a gander

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Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:49, archived)

photoshop

where the hell did those "e" thingies go? anyway use the select colour range or zoom in very close like i do and use the polygonal lasso tool and just taje it in small steps. youll get a great selection. i hate the pen tool and im proud of it!

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Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 15:01, archived)

Print

Cut out with scissors
Scan

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Sexy Picard 2000, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:50, archived)

i like this

alternative

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olivier8 (euroloon), Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:55, archived)

teh fartcat

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olivier8 (euroloon), Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:43, archived)

awwww

such a little cutie! woo for fluffy bits! ;D

(nuttybunny is not jesus though I have the same initials., Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:43, archived)

Was there a reason for it being linked?

Nope. Nice cat

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WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Tue 13 Jul 2004, 14:48, archived)