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andyr
Location: S.W. England
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 Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:23 am Reply with quote
I use the magnetic lasso or the magic wand tool, does anyone knows how to achieve a cleaner cut quickly? The wand leaves pix and i clean up with the eraser. The lasso has a mind of its own and takes lots of time. 
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sage
Location: Hudson, Canada
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:36 am Reply with quote
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ReyRey
Location: In a world of $#!t
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:39 am Reply with quote
Learn the pen tool(paths). It is the best way for everything,(except hair and stuff like that) If you want a clean job, forget about fast. Get good at the pen tool first, then it will be fast. Doing hair is a different beast. There are different methods for that. (trial and error) Sometimes hair is better to just cut off the edges and redraw them later.  but not with the smudge tool 
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sage
Location: Hudson, Canada
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:45 am Reply with quote
reyrey's been to hairdressing school and he still can't get it right. If you cut hair off, it usually grows back after a while. 
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mikey
Location: Somerville MA
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:35 pm Reply with quote
pen tool is the way" ~ follow that path! 
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Granulated
Location: London
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:39 pm Reply with quote
andyr wrote: I use the magnetic lasso or the magic wand tool, does anyone knows how to achieve a cleaner cut quickly? The wand leaves pix and i clean up with the eraser. The lasso has a mind of its own and takes lots of time.
First of all..get a graphics tablet, if you aint got one already
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nog
Location: Toledo, Ohio
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:49 pm Reply with quote
The pen tool is the cleanest but if you want something quick and the background is consistant you can duplicate the layer and use select/color range and select the background then invert it and cut from the original layer.
nog
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ScionShade
Location: VeniceFlaUS
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:12 pm Reply with quote
nog wrote: The pen tool is the cleanest but if you want something quick and the background is consistant you can duplicate the layer and use select/color range and select the background then invert it and cut from the original layer.
nog
Hiya nog,
Welcome to PSc.
so what's your background? Where did you chop before you came to PSC?
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DKCdesigns
Location: Northern California
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:59 pm Reply with quote
Quick Mask is always a good option too, particularly if you want to contral opacities (seeing though an insects wing for instance).
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ScionShade
Location: VeniceFlaUS
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:18 pm Reply with quote
DKCdesigns wrote: Quick Mask is always a good option too, particularly if you want to contral opacities (seeing though an insects wing for instance).
We just did the same chop.
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:07 pm Reply with quote
I use brush tool on layer mask & using alpha channel for the complex details like hair. With the brush tool, I constantly change the hardness to fit with the detail to close cut. I think it's the fastest way. Click + shift when I'm doing straight lines. I only use pen tool when there's enough perfect curves.
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