Smoothing edges?

[chip11414]

Hi, I am trying to cut a person out of one picture and add them to another. I used the Quick Mask to do this, but the edges seem a little to harsh. Does anyone have any suggestion on how to smooth them out and get a more natural look? Any ideas would be appreciated.

[Mark (theKeeper)]

Chip the general practice in this situation is to simply Feather your selection before the extraction step.

So once you exit QM mode back into the Normal editing mode,and your selection appears... under the SELECT menu choose Feather. Set it to 2 pixels. Then perform the extraction process.

The pixel amount of Feathering used is very largely dependant on the size of the photo/image you're working with. But try 2 pixels to start with and tweak from that if need be.

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[chip11414]

Thanks for the tip

[Ammaro]

Also Chip you can alsways use the Extract command especially for hair areas..http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif


Ammar