Any photoshop gurus here?

Snowflake · 04-05-2006, 03:54 AM

Sorry to be a geeky pest.

I use PaintShop Pro as my graphics editing software, I only wish I could afford the complete photoshop suite.

I'm working on a new logo for my site and I'm experiencing a problem with getting rid of the white feathering around the image of the logo and the new background color. I'm using a photo, converting it to b/w and making sure the b/w points are b or w. Then color replacing the background from white to the background color. Still have white feathering around the letters of the logo image.

If anyone wants to email me, I can email examples cause I'm too lazy to post them here and also too lazy to go find a PSP board.

Thanks again!

Snowflake

Gemini Cricket · 04-05-2006, 04:39 AM

When that happens to me, the only way I have been able to fix that is by blowing up the picture (zooming in) and coloring it in pixel by pixel. It's a pain, but it works. There may be a better way, but I'm not sure what it is. I kind of learned PhotoShop on my own... Sometimes blur works too...

mousepod · 04-05-2006, 05:46 AM

This is probably a dumb question, but why aren't you using a vector program like Illustrator for your logo? You'll get clean, sharp scalable lines. Then you can bring it back into PhotoShop and play with it all you like (if you need to).

Kevy Baby · 04-05-2006, 07:04 AM

If she can't afford Photoshop, I doubt she can afford Illustrator either.

Also, once you work on something in Photoshop, you lose all those nice vectors.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-05-2006, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

If she can't afford Photoshop, I doubt she can afford Illustrator either.

Also, once you work on something in Photoshop, you lose all those nice vectors.

Photoshop (at least CE) has the ability to save as a vector image.

Snowflake · 04-05-2006, 08:54 AM

I can do vectors in paint shop pro. The logo floating is a vector graphic, but there is still residual white around it. I suspect I may have to take the slow road and do as GC suggests and color pixel by pixel, UGH. Fortunately, it's not huge, just tedious.

Thanks again!

Cadaverous Pallor · 04-05-2006, 02:04 PM

What GC said, although I erase instead of color in. Since I'm always messing with current images I do a lot of that. Tedious but required.

I dont' have Paint Shop Pro. In Photoshop I sometimes use a large brush with the eraser and low settings so I can do a bunch at a time. It's still meticulous work. I'm not sure if it saves that much time but changing up methods does prevent insanity.

Alex · 04-05-2006, 02:11 PM

The source of you're problems is that you're using a photograph as a drawing and trying to get the properties of the latter from the former. This will almost always require a lot of grunt work and cleanup since you can never really get the sharp delineations in a photograph that you automatically have in a drawing.

If you have anything approaching the artistic ability I would simply redraw the image from scratch. This is how the graphic designers I used to work with would always start if we wanted them to use something from a photograph in a non-photorealistic way.

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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Any photoshop gurus here? Sorry to be a geeky pest. I use PaintShop Pro as my graphics editing software, I only wish I could afford the complete photoshop suite. I'm working on a new logo for my site and I'm experiencing a problem with getting rid of the white feathering around the image of the logo and the new background color. I'm using a photo, converting it to b/w and making sure the b/w points are b or w. Then color replacing the background from white to the background color. Still have white feathering around the letters of the logo image. If anyone wants to email me, I can email examples cause I'm too lazy to post them here and also too lazy to go find a PSP board. Thanks again! Snowflake
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	When that happens to me, the only way I have been able to fix that is by blowing up the picture (zooming in) and coloring it in pixel by pixel. It's a pain, but it works. There may be a better way, but I'm not sure what it is. I kind of learned PhotoShop on my own... Sometimes blur works too...
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	This is probably a dumb question, but why aren't you using a vector program like Illustrator for your logo? You'll get clean, sharp scalable lines. Then you can bring it back into PhotoShop and play with it all you like (if you need to). __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	If she can't afford Photoshop, I doubt she can afford Illustrator either. Also, once you work on something in Photoshop, you lose all those nice vectors. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	I can do vectors in paint shop pro. The logo floating is a vector graphic, but there is still residual white around it. I suspect I may have to take the slow road and do as GC suggests and color pixel by pixel, UGH. Fortunately, it's not huge, just tedious. Thanks again!
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	What GC said, although I erase instead of color in. Since I'm always messing with current images I do a lot of that. Tedious but required. I dont' have Paint Shop Pro. In Photoshop I sometimes use a large brush with the eraser and low settings so I can do a bunch at a time. It's still meticulous work. I'm not sure if it saves that much time but changing up methods does prevent insanity. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The source of you're problems is that you're using a photograph as a drawing and trying to get the properties of the latter from the former. This will almost always require a lot of grunt work and cleanup since you can never really get the sharp delineations in a photograph that you automatically have in a drawing. If you have anything approaching the artistic ability I would simply redraw the image from scratch. This is how the graphic designers I used to work with would always start if we wanted them to use something from a photograph in a non-photorealistic way.
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