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Original Manipulations by Cruxforums Members
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Cran
Governor
I'm using GIMP. I think it has other tools to offer, which i should have investigated, but so far, I only used Colour to Alpha, when the model is against a solid, or mostly solid background.
Cran
Governor
There's Fuzzy Select, which I refrain from using, becuase i think it is messy, but maybe I should get mor used to it. I see there is also a tool called Foreground Select, but I just saw it for the first time now, and hadn't yet figured out how it works.
You can paint the peripheral strands of hair manually, instead of trying to cut out what is actually there. Alternatively, you can find a different portrait in which the hair stands out clearly against the background. Extract the head and hair, and then paste it behind your figure, so that the edge of the hair is showing all around. This may require further adjustments to blend the colour of the new hair outline with the original,
In my picture of Courtney, her hair is almost as dark as the original, black background, and it would have been impossible to extract the outline accurately. So, I found another picture of the same model, showing her dark hair against a light background. From this, I extracted the outline of the hair via a layer mask which was pasted beneath the head in the new picture. Only the peripheral strands of new hair are visible around the outside of the head, and in this case, it is all genuinely her own hair.
Cran
Governor
This is what I have done so far. I tried something with the hair, but it is far from perfect, I might try to redo it. Like with my previous manips, the model is devided into two layers, a solid layer cropped around her body and the 'solid' parts of her hair, and a second layer, cropped loosely around her peripheral hair. I separated most of the background from her hair, buy using Select by Colour, and selecting by hue. That left some yellow and brown patches, which I tried to remove around the hair. It looked fine against the default gray checkered pattern, but the jpeg artifacting became obvious against a background, so I applied an anti-noise filter, "Symmetric Nearest Neighbour".
It looks as though you have succeeded in capturing most of the hair. Adding extra strands is a option, if you wish to experiment further. And the desert background is looking good.
Since the latest site restoration, my last thumbnail refuses to open, so I am re-posting it here. This one should open without any problems -
Since the latest site restoration, my last thumbnail refuses to open, so I am re-posting it here. This one should open without any problems -
Cran
Governor
I don't mind loosing as much of her hair as I did, my previous manips also made that compromise but I think I captured too much of a mist around it. It's easy to separate the green by colour, but the yellow and browns share the same colours as her hair, so I have to put more work in manually. I have another picture which I want to manip, so I might work on that first.
Bob also almost suceeded in convincing me that he'd invented a bra remover in Photoshop!
Althanie J
Magistrate
Too good for that character-assassinated crazy bitch! lolDaenerys gets her come uppance:
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But Madiosi observed that you can't keep her from her Twitter followers:
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morten sigurdson
Voivode of Wallachia
Crucifixion of a rebel woman 
Cran
Governor
I made another manip. I saw her both standing on auction, or being led by a chain. I decided to have her led by a chain, as I felt the opertunity is more specific to this picture, with her waist pulled forward. I liked that she is already tanned, and I thought her glistening wet body could pass as sweat,
Unfortunatly, the background got a lot grainer after I increased the contrast to making the sun look scorching.
Unfortunatly, the background got a lot grainer after I increased the contrast to making the sun look scorching.
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prtn
Governor
nice manip!
You did OK with her hair, Cran, that looks good!
I mean, the rest of her looks good, too, but I know how tricky it is to cut out hair like that.
Cran
Governor
I didn't do it entirly by hand. I used colour to Alpha, which worked great where her hair overlaped with the sky, but got tricky with the trees. There, I had to key out multiple shades of green. and balance removing as much of the background, while keeping as much of the hair, and I was left with a lot of dark shades, which I couldn't key separatly from the hair, and I had to cut out manually. I copied the hair to multiple layers on top of each other, where it looked the most weakend, where it overlapped with the trees.
Here's someone who knows how much work goes into these images. Your attention to detail has rewarded you, sir!
