Comments on: Gimp Tutorial – advanced photo separation

By: bogatka1

bogatka1 — Sat, 21 May 2011 12:01:20 +0000

I would add, after that when combined with the background mask layer and the transparent layer, the layer black – white should be removed.

By: bogatka1

bogatka1 — Sat, 21 May 2011 11:44:34 +0000

http://i56.tinypic.com/rk96kp.jpg added a transparent layer on the bottom to make it possible to combine the mask on a transparent layer.
I figured that after the closure of the visibility of that layer of black and white.

Supporting the white layer must be removed after erasing a rubber band between the background with the rest of the hair.

http://i52.tinypic.com/5pep1k.jpg Select the layer with a horse and it erases eraser.
Here, there is little to erase, because before pasting into the mask, black and white film I corrected the Colors -> Brightness and Contrast, shifted slightly to the right the two sliders.
Such a deepening of color can also be obtained from the Colors -> Levels, moving the slider to the right a bit to the left.

http://i55.tinypic.com/nda2b7.jpg On a white background looks all right, but when the bottom layer is filled with a different background, the background will also be on the saddle and face. So you need to shut the horse layer to fill in areas such as dorysować thin brush.
Face the best domalować cloning tool, or a mask.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:39:48 +0000

The reason this is so hard to follow for just about everyone is that most advanced Gimp users assume everyone is able to follow their instructions, so they feel it is OK to omit important steps with screenshots and clear menu selections for those of us that DON’T have an advanced level of knowledge. The principle for this tutorial is fine, but as usual it caters to people who already know a great del about the software, and not to average users who are looking to you for advice and wanting to learn.

By: marcin

marcin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:30:21 +0000

Nice. Thanks for enabling the download of the .xcf as well!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:28:04 +0000

This looks like what I need, but I just can’t follow your instructions. You lost me when you began adding a layer mask. I tried the link with detailed instructions, but it doesn’t work.

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By: Jette

Jette — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:56:43 +0000

I agree with Marloes… It’s easy enough when the background is a blue sky. The real challenge is to extract a busy background from hair. I have the perfect example. Just email me, and I’ll send it to you…

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:03:17 +0000

@Marloes – it won’t work then:) I’m planning to do some tutorial with a method for that.

By: Marloes

Marloes — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:44:37 +0000

Very usefull, but what to do when you dont have a nice single colour behind the hair but a busy background??

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:07:12 +0000

The download link doesn’t work