Second Life Photography Tutorials - cutting out from a white background

[AngieDreamz]

Just to add to my comment posted last night! I read through the comments and it turns out i had the Local lights on - and i wasn't getting the black figure of my avatar. Turned them off and done!

I am now going to try and make some good pictures finally! Thanks for the advice! xx

[AngieDreamz]

When i turn the gamma down, my WHOLE screen goes black and not just the shape of my avi..awww damnnn it. =(

You explain really well in your vids! I'm subbing. :)

[eksorrell]

I have a question (sorry to be a pain in the ass) but in sl how do you get the advanced sky editor option? I've searched for a good hour and I can't find it at all.. :/

[finni2000]

@eksorrell What viewer are you on?

[Xmeloooody]

oh the part where it said hold Alt and click the white box at the bottom and press CTrl and C to copy it again and CTrl i right?? THE BLACK PICTURE DONT GO INTO THE WHITE BOX WITH THE COLOR PICTURE WHYYYYYYYYYYY!!??

[FlyleafLover18]

OH MY GOSH this is a Godsend for editing around Truth hair!! Thank you!

[RosariaDF]

I'm entering my avvy into her first modelling competition and your vids are by far the most helpful I've found. I wish you weren't so hard on yourself too, you're good!

[Realiistiikk]

OMG I LOVEEE U !

[suanymascara]

How did you turn the black silhouette mask layer into white sillhouette? (Look at 1:50)

[ruddegore]

I had the exact same problem, with turning full bright one, and turning the gamma all the way down, and it just showing black, untill i used grey instead of white, and tinted it untill it was like 1 point from white, which is essentially white.

The only problem is, (and i'm not sure this is related) when i used the alpha in PS it cut off huge chunks of the image, including the head.

Does anyone have any solutions to this?

[youllneverknow101]

This works REALLY well with light back grounds but not dark ones... any tips?

[RicePudden]

@RicePudden NVM i am an idiot who doesn't listen to direction LOL

[luvagrl01]

this isnt working for me, it removes the background but leaves a whole body of white pushed to the side as if its a white shadow. any suggestions as to what im doing wrong? also when i click on the top layer it doesnt do like yours does and instantly go away, that only happens when i click the layer with the mask on it =\ please help!

[TheMrYin]

I find a better way of removing the halo is: "Layer > Matting > Remove White Matte", but the first steps was really helpful, thankyou!

[zilzilii]

@TheMrYin I have tried that option myself, but the matting feature is greyed out. Is there a way to use it?

[TheMrYin]

@zilzilii Try Ctrl + J to make a copy before using the Matting?

[eskimolexi]

The white halo wouldn't go away for me sadly, not sure why ;[

[windflower4m]

thank u so much u are really amazing :)

[jspinski92]

this is amazing, i love you forever

[kateycoppola]

- If you turn down gamma but you still see some light, please go to PREFERENCES -> GRAPHICS and make sure your lighting is set to SUN AND MOON ONLY. If you have local lighting turned on, and you have a nearby light source, turning down gamma will not silhouette your avatar :)

- If you still have jagged edges on your avatar, you likely need to turn on anti alias. Do this in PREFERENCES - GRAPHICS - HARDWARE SETTINGS. Most computers that run SL well, will support having this turned on. :)

[whiepanda77]

@kateycoppola I have done these settings, but instead of getting a silhouette the whole screen goes black. Anything I am missing?

[PortCityLiipsz]

Hiiiiiiii Katey! For some reason I can't seem to get the black sillhouette part when I try it, its like it turns to midnight... I still see myself not even close to being a sillhouette I don't know what I am doing wrong.. and its probably so simple that I am missing. maybe its not working because i'm using firestorm viewer? i don't know but this is really bugging me. Help please.

[hazeleyyez]

@PortCityLiipsz i use firestorm and it still works

[hernita88]

Hi Katey, thanx for the great tutorial, it saved my phothograph life \o/ Since I don't have enough time to look for great places in SL to use for background, the white studio became my best friend, almost part of me, LOL. Btw, I hate the green background...U.U

[babydoll19879]

Hi katey could you please make a tut on how you take your pictures in sl?... btw love your store XD

[lilaclemenceau]

I have a doubt. I realized in the end of this part to the liquify part, that the layer 1 with the black mask and set to overlay disappeared on the next video.

I tried to merge the layer 1 copy with the layer 1 mask, but for me the gray comes back when I do that. :("

I wonder what I'm doing wrong. Could you help me Katey?

What did you do with yours?Did you merge them?

Ty in advance.

[kateycoppola]

@lilaclemenceau

Hi! :)

Make sure you have the black sillhouette layer set to "Overlay". This technique isn't perfect - if there's a large halo (ie from hair with a lot of fine alpha layers, like Truth) it will be hard to eliminate all of it using any method. It helps if you are using a paler background :)

xx

[AsukaaKoba]

Okay this made my life complete ... why am I always fighting with the green screen ?!