@fucut00b Everyone doesn't use a green screen. Typically for video one uses a green or blue screen because software for video has the functionality to remove that color for an Alpha (transparency) channel. Alot of our clients do take the photos into video---but if you don't have that software then this is one way to extract in Photoshop. Typically, for just photo's we shoot on a white background and then the process is simpler in my opinion.
These techniques really aren't designed for greenscreen removal. Extract and Eraser tools just don't work professionally. The true way to do it is in the channels. You can see how it works at photoshop-illustration(dot)blogspot(dot)com. The tools you mention are for more complex backgrounds, but greenscreen is used precisely because of how it works with the channels. That's what the pros use.
@wazupsam Totally agree about low res images, not much of anything works as well on a low res compared to a high res....that's why you should always edit on a copy of the high res and than downsample if needed.
your tutorial was really beneficial for me and for others i truly respect the work you did howover though....arm I don't know why alot pros do this but is this a beginners tutorial or a pro tutorial the background should be a bit more challenging...i mean its not all person will be able to take pictures in white backgrounds or one color background...most of them are looking for tutorial that would cut multi-color backgrounds...i think you should make a vid on how to extract hair..just a suggest
@novado32 The best advice I can give is that if you KNOW you are going to extract, then put your subject in front of a background that is simple and provides a clear difference between the hair color/ and the background color...otherwise extracting will become a very long process because you'll have to zoom way in and hand paint the mask...in other words, you will be drawing the wisps in. There is no magic to get a brown haired girl out of a similarly colored patterned or textured background.
CS3was quirky with its workspaces-- sometimes it hides menu items, make sure when you click a top menu to look for an item in the drop down list that says "Show All Menu Items"and then look
A white background is much easier, as you don't have to compensate the edges of the subject for color contamination, as u do wth the green. I have more recent ones on extractions in CS5, but currently my hands are full with helping one of my daughters out with her new born twins..and i'm out of town, to boot. But remind me again sometime in June 2011, when I'll be back home .
Are you back? I'm waiting to learn out to do an extraction with a white background. I'd like to do a silhouette, but my subject has white/blond hair and is in front of a white wall.
This is easy the best tutorial on how to do this I can find, great job! But I was wondering, a lot of people shoot on a white background, could you maybe do a tutorial on how to do this on a white background? Cause making a mask and selecting is a bit more difficult if you have a white background and some highlights on the face!
No need to get condescending justinz36! Color Range is another menu command I show how to use in OTHER tutorials. I am trying to give the community a basic "tour" of the features and functions of Photoshop, as there are many!
Looked a few tutorials about how to do this and this one is by far the best! It is time-consuming but the results are worth it. Thx so much. I have to deal with people who were shot with noisy outdoor backgrounds with light-coloured hair burned out by the sun. Talk about challenging! This helps v much. Thx again.I am now a loyal subscriber.
At 22:45, you go back to the "cancel the cast spell" layer, and sample the flesh (how?), but you don't explain what you're doing here. Would you mind sharing?
@kings2kongs -- It can be any color and in truth if it's not going to video software, we prefer to shoot on a white or light gray background, and then you don't have to worry about cleaning up color contamination or spill that goes into skin or clothing.
i have trouble taking hair of a background with multiple colours behind it eg: trees or downtown, its very tricky to remove can you get a tutorial on that for me please
Thank you so much Mama Shan! This is the only one I have seen so now I have to go watch the rest. Absolutely wonderful teacher! 90% of my work involves people so hair has been a serious problem for me especially now that they all come on green screen.
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I saw may videos on youtube from "experts" at Photoshop but always the same kind of "errors" to select hair. Many of them with poor results... but you are great!
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@shinkosai While that works in some instances it doesn't in others. Objective is to acquaint folks with several of the tools in Photoshop. Using just the Green Channel in this instance only partially masks what needs to be masked plus because of the overspill of green contaminating the edges, it really is not the best choice for this image.
@photoshopmama makes sense I guess like most things in photoshop there's normally more then one way to do something, I hope they make a masking version of this tool that would be awesome. I've used photoshop a while now but this is my first time looking up this subject, thanks for the prompt reply :)
@shinkosai Actually, CS5 has beefed up its Refine Mask, Mask Edge dialog box to include different views plus a "Smart Radius" Tool for Edge detection. It's pretty good, but one still has to know some basic techniques (old school) for refining the edges of the subject and be able to isolate just certain areas for the refinements, as not all edges are or should be hard or soft throughout.
@photoshopmama I actually went into Calculations and was able to use the Red and Green Channels to produce a merged partial mask, but had to do several copy/paste over that channel and fade commands using ColorBurn mode to finally get a good mask...but it certainly produced an equally good mask.
@moaawyah It is 31 minutes to TEACH someone to remove the background when someone has lots of wispy hair, which makes things tricky. I'm sure if Mama just did it on her own it would take closer to 5.
@moaawyah It is 31 minutes to TEACH someone to remove the background when someone has lots of wispy hair, which makes things tricky. I'm sure if Mama just did it on her own it would take closer to 5.
OMG ... I literally have 114 green screen pictures to work on today! You just saved me HOURS!!! Photo Shop Mama is my SAVIOR! ~ Big Mike (Dynamite Printing of Southern California)
Oh my god, I think I love you! I wish I had found your channel months ago, you would have saved me some major headaches. I'll definitely be watching the rest of your vids, this was very, very informative and extremely helpful. Great video, and thank you so much for putting these up.
you have significantly alleviated numerous frustrations i have had for far too long...i can't thank you enough. FAN-TASTIC tutorial, madam. you are indeed a master. Once I get some extra spending money, I will be sure to invest in your products.
I love this video except I am stuck....When I alt-click on the mask layer on my macbook... nothing happens (the mask does not get brought into the big picture window)? Can anyone help?
What an awesome video! You have taught me so much!! I thank you for that. I love how you take your time and explain everything. Awesome!
I was wondering though, how do you extract the photo and move it onto a digital back drop? I've tried and it just won't work. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
you rock mama! Only problem I had was when painting over for hair color, my image had pitch black hair. The hue would add a tint of magenta hence i went with Normal blending mode with much reduced opacity. That ended up giving a pastelly look on the edges... any suggesstions?
Depends on the color/contrast of the wallpaper vs the subject; sometimes you can get a great start on a selection viewing the Channels or using Calculations. But more than likely, you'll have to add some hands on masking to fine tune it.
If it's not a plain background I use the Pen Tool to trace around the hard edges, turn that into a selection and then add a layer mask to the image layer. Then I manually mask around the softer edges like hair. The trick is that if you know you are going to remove a subject from the background DO NOT shoot it on a complicated background.
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I'm a YouTube Partner, so I'm allowed to upload long videos. Also to keep the file size down, I use Camtasia Studio 6, capturing a 1280x720 area of my screen and in production after recording I save it at the same size, with 6 frames per second in the .mp4 format. Hope that helps!
Also in post production I choose a basic Express Show Template, Customizing the Video quality setting to Encoding mode: Quality 75% and Key frame every 10 seconds. For Audio I choose a Bitrate of 128 kbps.
Once you set up your Customized Flash Options, noted previously, you can save the production setting as a template, so that you can create consistent videos. I think one of the most important factors is to make the initial capture at 1280x720 to keep files size and production time down.
Even though you can capture larger sizes in the same aspect ratio, I notice a quality degredation and longer production time and higher file size when downsizing the video in production. Keeping the original capture size and output size the same is the best outcome in my observation.
Thank you thatnk you sooo much, im not using a photo on a green screen but with a black and whiteish backround, it was a bit longer todo than it was in the video but then it would be with all the diffrent shades of colour i was freaking out on how todo this ! 5*
Answers many questions about the Halo around anything.Excellent tutorial and i could actually see the tools you were keying on.I may have to get the full version of Photo shop.Thank you!
Oh god, don't change the background to green after all that! Lol this was the best tutorial I have ever seen anywhere! Thank you, thank you, thank you! You just save me 6hours xD
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain all this you have no idea how helpfull this is and how easy it is to understand even for me :D ~i'm not known for how smart i am~ *hugs* wish you and your loved ones all the best
Did the eraser tool automatically correct the colors, and then you went and threw it away by moving the mask back to the original image?
I don't know if it corrects colour or not, as I've never used Photoshop, but in theory it has all the information it needs to correct the color on its own.
We know the background color we're erasing, we know what colour the pixel is, we know how transparent it is, it's just a little math to find the original color:
The eraser is used only on the copy layer and only erases pixels from that layer. I think you're confusing that layer with the underlying slip layer which is only there so you can see contrast of the hair layer above it. You are NOT erasing any orange. There is no equation and no need for even knowing the color percentages. We are dealing with tolerance not opacity to control how many similar shades of green are erased.Erasing does not color correct. We use Opacity controls for blending of modes
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Excellent tutorial, thank you so much for putting this up! I love your matter-of-fact style and it's great that you're showing us how to spot mistakes and tune the tools.
If you are using Adobe Phototoshop Elements, this is not for that program at all, but if it is the real Photoshop version 7, there's not too much difference and all the same tools are in that version, too!
I'm really having difficulty with this.. my background is not green, and extracting around hair is hard. How do you get the green screen to start with?
Its shot on a green seamless background, but truly using a neutral gray or white background is better. It all depends on the background. I have other tutorials with different extraction methods for different backgrounds. If it is a busy background just use the pen tool.
My picture is very similar to this.. I really want to cut her out and all her hair to place over new background, but, this method without her being on a green background is impossible.. if the background has various colours how can this be done? please help mama shan xx
good tutorial but why does everyone use green? Why not blue or red or any other color the effect would be the same with any
fucut00b 1 week ago
@fucut00b Everyone doesn't use a green screen. Typically for video one uses a green or blue screen because software for video has the functionality to remove that color for an Alpha (transparency) channel. Alot of our clients do take the photos into video---but if you don't have that software then this is one way to extract in Photoshop. Typically, for just photo's we shoot on a white background and then the process is simpler in my opinion.
photoshopmama 1 week ago
this tutorial is perfect mama.thanks so much about it.
mirzameltem 1 month ago
save as option is not working in photosgop cs5 but it work in other computer
Note :
My system Win 7
u can help me ???
kareka5551 1 month ago
These techniques really aren't designed for greenscreen removal. Extract and Eraser tools just don't work professionally. The true way to do it is in the channels. You can see how it works at photoshop-illustration(dot)blogspot(dot)com. The tools you mention are for more complex backgrounds, but greenscreen is used precisely because of how it works with the channels. That's what the pros use.
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Background eraser technique doesn't quit work good with low res. pictures mama..... What is your opinion about that?
wazupsam 3 months ago
@wazupsam Totally agree about low res images, not much of anything works as well on a low res compared to a high res....that's why you should always edit on a copy of the high res and than downsample if needed.
photoshopmama 3 months ago
@photoshopmama Thank You very much. I didn't know it..... Thank you very much for all your free educational videos. You are a mamabear
wazupsam 3 months ago
Great video keep up the good work.
NewAgeDirector 4 months ago
Finally! Someone who explained this and made it actually work! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!
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novado32 6 months ago
your tutorial was really beneficial for me and for others i truly respect the work you did howover though....arm I don't know why alot pros do this but is this a beginners tutorial or a pro tutorial the background should be a bit more challenging...i mean its not all person will be able to take pictures in white backgrounds or one color background...most of them are looking for tutorial that would cut multi-color backgrounds...i think you should make a vid on how to extract hair..just a suggest
novado32 6 months ago
@novado32 The best advice I can give is that if you KNOW you are going to extract, then put your subject in front of a background that is simple and provides a clear difference between the hair color/ and the background color...otherwise extracting will become a very long process because you'll have to zoom way in and hand paint the mask...in other words, you will be drawing the wisps in. There is no magic to get a brown haired girl out of a similarly colored patterned or textured background.
photoshopmama 6 months ago
@photoshopmama Thanks you for the advice....i'll just have to tell my clients about that when taking photos...
novado32 6 months ago
Love your tutorial. Thank you.
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ArdenQuinones 8 months ago
Great job on a very useful tutorial!
tonicshooter 9 months ago
Press alt and click bring out full screen mask to refine (12:42) but my mac pro & cs5 doesn't work?! any other way? ^^
goko2 9 months ago
Can You Do A Video With Michael Jackson, His Hair Is To Difficult to cut
TheKingOfPopVideos01 10 months ago
FU*K ME mama .. amazing tutorial thanks a lot :D
and ignore the F-in hatters they say that coz they're jelous they cant do that sh*t
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muhammadlilg 10 months ago
Mama rocks!
dsnorthern 10 months ago
CS3was quirky with its workspaces-- sometimes it hides menu items, make sure when you click a top menu to look for an item in the drop down list that says "Show All Menu Items"and then look
photoshopmama 10 months ago
mama, sorry i really didint understand, on my CS3 i cant find tht menu
deri240483 10 months ago
excelent! thanks
cyberfx3d 10 months ago
A white background is much easier, as you don't have to compensate the edges of the subject for color contamination, as u do wth the green. I have more recent ones on extractions in CS5, but currently my hands are full with helping one of my daughters out with her new born twins..and i'm out of town, to boot. But remind me again sometime in June 2011, when I'll be back home .
photoshopmama 10 months ago
@photoshopmama
Are you back? I'm waiting to learn out to do an extraction with a white background. I'd like to do a silhouette, but my subject has white/blond hair and is in front of a white wall.
emmadearful 8 months ago
This is easy the best tutorial on how to do this I can find, great job! But I was wondering, a lot of people shoot on a white background, could you maybe do a tutorial on how to do this on a white background? Cause making a mask and selecting is a bit more difficult if you have a white background and some highlights on the face!
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Wow that's what you got out of this series? So---you sound like you're fat and have Attention Deficit Disorder.
photoshopmama 10 months ago 8
@photoshopmama prety much.
davidabz 10 months ago
Ha...I guess we're even...and we both have a sense of humor!
photoshopmama 10 months ago
how about.......... just use colo range dumb ass
justinz36 11 months ago
No need to get condescending justinz36! Color Range is another menu command I show how to use in OTHER tutorials. I am trying to give the community a basic "tour" of the features and functions of Photoshop, as there are many!
photoshopmama 11 months ago
@justinz36 how about shut the fuck up
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i love your name photoshopmama!
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LOVE THE VIDEO!!!!!!!
Question... do you have a step by step in a written guide?
Oh and of course........THANKSSSS!
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LOVE THE VIDEO!!!!!!!
Question... do you have a step by step in a written guide?
whenpigsflyintheair 11 months ago
Looked a few tutorials about how to do this and this one is by far the best! It is time-consuming but the results are worth it. Thx so much. I have to deal with people who were shot with noisy outdoor backgrounds with light-coloured hair burned out by the sun. Talk about challenging! This helps v much. Thx again.I am now a loyal subscriber.
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One huuge thx for this tutorial =) You can't believe how much this helped me =)
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@RacingTopsy Glad to hear it!
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photoshopmama 1 year ago
I did not know about this. Thank you ever so much mama. Love it!
PvtFreddy 1 year ago
At 22:45, you go back to the "cancel the cast spell" layer, and sample the flesh (how?), but you don't explain what you're doing here. Would you mind sharing?
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does it have to be a green background , could it be any colour you would like to erase?
kings2kongs 1 year ago
@kings2kongs -- It can be any color and in truth if it's not going to video software, we prefer to shoot on a white or light gray background, and then you don't have to worry about cleaning up color contamination or spill that goes into skin or clothing.
photoshopmama 1 year ago
i have trouble taking hair of a background with multiple colours behind it eg: trees or downtown, its very tricky to remove can you get a tutorial on that for me please
curdygee 1 year ago
@kings2kongs You spelled "color" wrong.
cory8u 1 year ago
@cory8u He didn't ;) Americans write "color", but british write "colour". It's like "program" and "programme"
Both is correct ;)
RacingTopsy 1 year ago
Thank you so much Mama Shan! This is the only one I have seen so now I have to go watch the rest. Absolutely wonderful teacher! 90% of my work involves people so hair has been a serious problem for me especially now that they all come on green screen.
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Fleming6302 1 year ago
WONDERFUL WORKING!!! MAYBE SOMEDAY I WILL BE LIKE YOU! O.O
I saw may videos on youtube from "experts" at Photoshop but always the same kind of "errors" to select hair. Many of them with poor results... but you are great!
Keep your hard working and teach us how to do...
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therockers007 1 year ago
great tutorial
enupallotti 1 year ago
why are people suddenly using erasers? what happened to using the channels to find and mask out the background?
shinkosai 1 year ago
@shinkosai While that works in some instances it doesn't in others. Objective is to acquaint folks with several of the tools in Photoshop. Using just the Green Channel in this instance only partially masks what needs to be masked plus because of the overspill of green contaminating the edges, it really is not the best choice for this image.
photoshopmama 1 year ago
@photoshopmama makes sense I guess like most things in photoshop there's normally more then one way to do something, I hope they make a masking version of this tool that would be awesome. I've used photoshop a while now but this is my first time looking up this subject, thanks for the prompt reply :)
shinkosai 1 year ago
@shinkosai Actually, CS5 has beefed up its Refine Mask, Mask Edge dialog box to include different views plus a "Smart Radius" Tool for Edge detection. It's pretty good, but one still has to know some basic techniques (old school) for refining the edges of the subject and be able to isolate just certain areas for the refinements, as not all edges are or should be hard or soft throughout.
photoshopmama 1 year ago
@photoshopmama I actually went into Calculations and was able to use the Red and Green Channels to produce a merged partial mask, but had to do several copy/paste over that channel and fade commands using ColorBurn mode to finally get a good mask...but it certainly produced an equally good mask.
photoshopmama 1 year ago
HONEST THIS IS SOMETHING! THE BEST I'VE SEEN VERY WELL DONE THANKS FOR SHARING .
ernesto7677 1 year ago
Wow....valuable video. Love it!
thejtphotograph 1 year ago
31 minutes to remove background Photoshop needs a lot of work .... or is there is faster way ...
moaawyah 1 year ago
@moaawyah It is 31 minutes to TEACH someone to remove the background when someone has lots of wispy hair, which makes things tricky. I'm sure if Mama just did it on her own it would take closer to 5.
darknova3d 1 year ago
@moaawyah It is 31 minutes to TEACH someone to remove the background when someone has lots of wispy hair, which makes things tricky. I'm sure if Mama just did it on her own it would take closer to 5.
darknova3d 1 year ago
Indonesian loves your tutorial too, Mama. thanks !
bgaong 1 year ago
omg I love you! I didnt realise it needed to be discontigious or that I needed to play with the tolerance. It made a HUUUUUUUUGE difference! :D.
HijabulousTV 1 year ago
OMG ... I literally have 114 green screen pictures to work on today! You just saved me HOURS!!! Photo Shop Mama is my SAVIOR! ~ Big Mike (Dynamite Printing of Southern California)
MalibuMike 1 year ago
awesome!!!!!!
aehsmerf 1 year ago
thanks mama....you rock!
avijitdutta81 1 year ago
Definitely one of your best tutorials.....
TheLoftStudios 1 year ago
Oh my god, I think I love you! I wish I had found your channel months ago, you would have saved me some major headaches. I'll definitely be watching the rest of your vids, this was very, very informative and extremely helpful. Great video, and thank you so much for putting these up.
senselocke 1 year ago
Great !
lNaChiiTol 1 year ago
Nice its so easy!!Thx mama!!!
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manohzinOFICIAL 1 year ago
Great tutorial.... awesome technique... I love it
fujeebee 1 year ago
ah man, the hue mask is genius. I am impressed. I've learnt something new =]
TheMizDog 1 year ago
fantastic job, thanks for explain it so nice!!!. hugs from medellin, colombia :-)
riddlerxxx 1 year ago
Hey Mama, thank you, I have a lot to learn :) Thank you from Scotland x
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HighDesign31 1 year ago
can you delete a background if it is white instead of green?
jpmacgsp23 1 year ago
you have significantly alleviated numerous frustrations i have had for far too long...i can't thank you enough. FAN-TASTIC tutorial, madam. you are indeed a master. Once I get some extra spending money, I will be sure to invest in your products.
matt46and2 1 year ago
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GORDON634 1 year ago
this is cool but kind of a long step to do. Is there any way else faster than this ?
lovenikon2002 1 year ago
I love this video except I am stuck....When I alt-click on the mask layer on my macbook... nothing happens (the mask does not get brought into the big picture window)? Can anyone help?
AlexArndtMusic 1 year ago 2
On a Mac Option click on the thumbnail of the Mask thumbnail to the right of the Layer thumbnail not the Layer thumbnail
photoshopmama 1 year ago
What an awesome video! You have taught me so much!! I thank you for that. I love how you take your time and explain everything. Awesome!
I was wondering though, how do you extract the photo and move it onto a digital back drop? I've tried and it just won't work. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
lover196969 1 year ago
you rock mama! Only problem I had was when painting over for hair color, my image had pitch black hair. The hue would add a tint of magenta hence i went with Normal blending mode with much reduced opacity. That ended up giving a pastelly look on the edges... any suggesstions?
bigal9628 1 year ago
Try a clipping mask in one of the other blending modes, perhaps Darken or Multiply. choosing a lighter color to paint with
photoshopmama 1 year ago
uaechibi (15 seconds ago)
In studios ,,they use a wallpaper stands thats why I ask how to extract the photo if its without plain background......spelling mistakes
uaechibi 1 year ago
Gotcha...I think I knew what you meant, I make typo, spelling errors when I type, too! No worries!
photoshopmama 1 year ago
Inn studios ,,they use a wallpaper stands thsts why i ask how to extract the photo if its without plain background..
uaechibi 1 year ago
Depends on the color/contrast of the wallpaper vs the subject; sometimes you can get a great start on a selection viewing the Channels or using Calculations. But more than likely, you'll have to add some hands on masking to fine tune it.
photoshopmama 1 year ago
what it its not plain background ?
uaechibi 1 year ago
If it's not a plain background I use the Pen Tool to trace around the hard edges, turn that into a selection and then add a layer mask to the image layer. Then I manually mask around the softer edges like hair. The trick is that if you know you are going to remove a subject from the background DO NOT shoot it on a complicated background.
photoshopmama 1 year ago
I just found out about photoshop mama, and i have to say I'M IN LOVE! No one makes hese tutorials easier to learn than her. well at least to me! Thanks mama, and happy mother's day for every mother's day i ever missed!!!
flizno 1 year ago
Awe...thanks! And thans for the happy mother's day, too!
photoshopmama 1 year ago
Great Video
mfortune9 1 year ago
I really learned a lot from this tutorial! Thank you so much!
jasonyu2 1 year ago
Great video although a little long!
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pastorbrendan 1 year ago
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You are a genius.
Thank you!
GMZART 1 year ago
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vovapena 1 year ago
how did you upload a long video (30min) with HD?
MrKaramjbara 1 year ago
I'm a YouTube Partner, so I'm allowed to upload long videos. Also to keep the file size down, I use Camtasia Studio 6, capturing a 1280x720 area of my screen and in production after recording I save it at the same size, with 6 frames per second in the .mp4 format. Hope that helps!
photoshopmama 1 year ago
Also in post production I choose a basic Express Show Template, Customizing the Video quality setting to Encoding mode: Quality 75% and Key frame every 10 seconds. For Audio I choose a Bitrate of 128 kbps.
photoshopmama 1 year ago
Once you set up your Customized Flash Options, noted previously, you can save the production setting as a template, so that you can create consistent videos. I think one of the most important factors is to make the initial capture at 1280x720 to keep files size and production time down.
photoshopmama 1 year ago
Even though you can capture larger sizes in the same aspect ratio, I notice a quality degredation and longer production time and higher file size when downsizing the video in production. Keeping the original capture size and output size the same is the best outcome in my observation.
photoshopmama 1 year ago
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MrKaramjbara 1 year ago
@photoshopmama Thank you, it helps me!
MrKaramjbara 1 year ago
This is awesome -- thank you - I worked like a dog getting green out from behind realtors' hair for cards. Man- wish I'd known this then!! Bravo!
AnnimalLover 1 year ago
You are the best I've ever seen! Excellent tutorial too. Going to try some of your moves, but I only have an old version of photoshop. (7)
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magnumx50 1 year ago
this is exactly what i was looking for. great video I will watch more of your videos.
btgcomedy 1 year ago
your great im not good at this but your video wil lhelp me learn more
hookmeupcasting 1 year ago
wow i am speachless! :) thank you very much for your help you are special!
elenanurse30 1 year ago
Thank you mamma, you are awesome
rpmpix 1 year ago
that was really amazing work you've done
abusarhan 1 year ago
Thanks! That was exactly what I needed.
mateuszp1985 1 year ago
Thank you thatnk you sooo much, im not using a photo on a green screen but with a black and whiteish backround, it was a bit longer todo than it was in the video but then it would be with all the diffrent shades of colour i was freaking out on how todo this ! 5*
bensyer 1 year ago
well worth the time... thanks
ILLFLO1 1 year ago
Answers many questions about the Halo around anything.Excellent tutorial and i could actually see the tools you were keying on.I may have to get the full version of Photo shop.Thank you!
RATHAHONNI 2 years ago
very nice :) u really explain the tools and what they do really well...keep making these vids !!!!
GeorgeTheVoice 2 years ago
Oh god, don't change the background to green after all that! Lol this was the best tutorial I have ever seen anywhere! Thank you, thank you, thank you! You just save me 6hours xD
IntensePizza 2 years ago
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain all this you have no idea how helpfull this is and how easy it is to understand even for me :D ~i'm not known for how smart i am~ *hugs* wish you and your loved ones all the best
miremarstar 2 years ago
Brilliant. Great pace for the tutorial. Clear and concise. Looking forward to more.
yrsoclvr2 2 years ago
Simply amazing. Ive been spending FAR too much time manually erasing complex things with the standard eraser from a background.... until now! ;D
Khamila1 2 years ago
Im sure I speak for many people when I say this......Thankyou...Thankyou...Thankyou!! You are the Queen of Youtube tutorials.
djtmusic1 2 years ago
You are welcome and thanks for commenting and rating my videos!
photoshopmama 2 years ago
mama you're the best....i had you infront of me i would give u a big hug....you're a real pro....
asjesus1 2 years ago
Soooo helpful....big gold star for you!!
Seriously though. I cant believe ive never seen this technique before. AWESOME!
jonlarson88 2 years ago
NAIZzzz
shanna1950 2 years ago
Mama's the best :D
KaizerFaith 2 years ago
Great tutorial. Love the detail instructions and you're going just at the perfect pace. Just Awesome, thank you!
trinhk 2 years ago
man, i love you, girl! finally i understood this! thank you very much for this tutorial, the best on youtube!
NinaWeezyBaby 2 years ago
Great video!! i love it!!, way better than buying an expensive plug in for chromakey removal! thanks a lot!
nenavella42 2 years ago
Wow, Thanks for this tutorial. Best one I have ever seen. Very detailed. =)
umana2482 2 years ago
Example:
We're erasing the color green: [0%, 100%, 0%]
The pixel we're erasing is a dirty yellow: [70%, 70%, 0%]
The thresholding function assigned an opacity of 75%.
Using the equation before, the original colour must have been [93.3%,60%,0%], which is a pretty pleasant orange.
For sanity, verify that drawing orange with an opacity of 75% over the green background results in the dirty yellow the pixel originally was.
smariot 2 years ago
Did the eraser tool automatically correct the colors, and then you went and threw it away by moving the mask back to the original image?
I don't know if it corrects colour or not, as I've never used Photoshop, but in theory it has all the information it needs to correct the color on its own.
We know the background color we're erasing, we know what colour the pixel is, we know how transparent it is, it's just a little math to find the original color:
original=(bg*opacity-bg+pixel)/opacity
smariot 2 years ago
The eraser is used only on the copy layer and only erases pixels from that layer. I think you're confusing that layer with the underlying slip layer which is only there so you can see contrast of the hair layer above it. You are NOT erasing any orange. There is no equation and no need for even knowing the color percentages. We are dealing with tolerance not opacity to control how many similar shades of green are erased.Erasing does not color correct. We use Opacity controls for blending of modes
photoshopmama 2 years ago
Thanks. I don't think I'm confused, just wandering too far into theory and a little out of sight of reality.
I tried making a video to better explain what I was thinking about:
/watch?v=tY9DfXZHkn0
I wanted to post it as a video reply, but apparently I'm not allowed. All well, live and learn.
smariot 2 years ago
Awesome tutorial! Thank you very much for this wonderful tutorial!
MNNdesigns 2 years ago
Thank you very much :D
tsanimatores 2 years ago
Hi, Do U a have a dvd tutorial for sale? U r by far have the best video tutorial I've come across! If so I want it. Very well narrow-rated. I've tried a lot of tutorials but they are boring.Very very nice and detailed. Thanx Photoshop Mama (Big Mama) to me AKA Big Mama. I will definitely check out ur site. One
biggzz1962 2 years ago
Thank you for a great tutorial :)
melodyl52 2 years ago
Excellent tutorial, thank you so much for putting this up! I love your matter-of-fact style and it's great that you're showing us how to spot mistakes and tune the tools.
BellydancerSharif 2 years ago
I am SO frustrated as you are doing this in CS3 and I have adobe 7. I am literally pulling my hair out!!!!!
peghearty 2 years ago
If you are using Adobe Phototoshop Elements, this is not for that program at all, but if it is the real Photoshop version 7, there's not too much difference and all the same tools are in that version, too!
photoshopmama 2 years ago
very very very very nice and detailed tutorial!! :)
but waaaaaay to long. it would be great to have the different steps in different videos to be able to "jump around" easier.
freak1215 2 years ago 4
Lovin' this tutorial. Thanks for the great tips!!
Whitebrowpriest 2 years ago
Thank you!
TheBubblemen 2 years ago
Your methods are incredible and work, but I have to agree with greatbeartiling. How do you get a subject off a background with Multi-colors?
Thank you for sharing :)
Cassie2Kute 2 years ago
I use the Pen Tool and a Wacom Tablet plus manual editing of the mask
photoshopmama 2 years ago
This is one of the best, useful and profesional tutorial I ever seen on youtube. Thanks from Poland
weselniak 2 years ago 7
Thank you
RogerHal 2 years ago
I'm really having difficulty with this.. my background is not green, and extracting around hair is hard. How do you get the green screen to start with?
greatbeartiling 2 years ago
Its shot on a green seamless background, but truly using a neutral gray or white background is better. It all depends on the background. I have other tutorials with different extraction methods for different backgrounds. If it is a busy background just use the pen tool.
photoshopmama 2 years ago
My picture is very similar to this.. I really want to cut her out and all her hair to place over new background, but, this method without her being on a green background is impossible.. if the background has various colours how can this be done? please help mama shan xx
greatbeartiling 2 years ago
This is a great video but time is money
I have found the fastest way to remove green is use photokey 2 and then you can add backgrounds in Photoshop of PK2
the combination Rocks
Jimwestoverphotograp 2 years ago
Very handy little tutorial. Didn't know of this technique and it will now be an invaluable part of my Photoshop arsenal. Thanks a ton Photoshopmama!
judesmith 2 years ago