Tough background removal - need advice

[Arkanjel Imaging]

I really like this shot I got over the weekend. But I want to replace the background. Im kind of perplexed on how to seperate the tiger from the background and keep his fur outline and wiskers. I would greatly appreciate any advice on techniques that might be workable.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Billhyco]

not related to your question... however that kid almost looks ghost like, kinda cool!

 

[musicaleCA]

I have little experience in that kind of work, but I know that Mask Pro by OnOne Software could manage that in a minute or two.

 

[Arkanjel Imaging]

I have little experience in that kind of work, but I know that Mask Pro by OnOne Software could manage that in a minute or two.

I will have to look into that, thanks. :thumbup:

Its kind of comical the what with the kid in the background and the tigers ice-grill. I think it has a lot more potential with a different backing though.

Edit: I wish I knew how to get a hold of that kids family. Im sure they would get a kick out of it.

 

[glpozza]

I like to use mask pro or liquid mask in a new layer then convert it to a mask and blur a little to remove some artifacts...

 

[KmH]

In Photoshop I tired getting a great deal of contrast between the cat and the background but the tones are to close to get good seperation for masking.
Sorry.

 

[JamieR]

This was the best i could come up with....

 

[max3k]

thats a big cat......great detail in the photo

 

[Arkanjel Imaging]

thats a big cat......great detail in the photo

Thanks. Yeah, thats why I want to do something cool with it.

JamieR: I had something about like that (a little better) but thats not going to cut the mustard. I used darken and multiply brushes to blend in where my black background got close and it still looked like doo-doo. It looked like a weird drop shadow. :meh:

I shoot a lot of wildlife so I really need to learn a technique or two for this and add them to my arsenal. Ive located a copy of Mask Pro but have not installed it yet. Maybe tonight. :thumbup:

 

[musicaleCA]

*grumbles* Finagling Mask Pro wasn't easy to do; the result I got was less than satisfactory, however, I'm betting in the original you have more pixels to work with (which is the problem I'm having; I can't feed it enough information to work accurately).

 

[ismael]

Hi,

You can check the Refine Edge tutorial in this link at the bottom left of the page.
Ron Bigelow Videos

Thanks,

 

[Arkanjel Imaging]

Well crap. Apparently Mask Pro does not play well with CS4 yet. I guess Ill have to wait for a patch.

Hi,

You can check the Refine Edge tutorial in this link at the bottom left of the page.
Ron Bigelow Videos

Thanks,

Thanks for the link!

 

[DeadEye]

Another trick is to click on channels in layers then the red green or blue whatever works best. Work on it from there.

 

[musicaleCA]

Well crap. Apparently Mask Pro does not play well with CS4 yet. I guess Ill have to wait for a patch.

Huh? Mask Pro works perfectly for me.

 

[Arkanjel Imaging]

Well crap. Apparently Mask Pro does not play well with CS4 yet. I guess Ill have to wait for a patch.

Huh? Mask Pro works perfectly for me.

I installed it and I get some library error. As I was searching for info online several people noted that there were cs4 issues.