EmmaBrett Posted September 22, 2017 Posted September 22, 2017 Hi Damien I am in the process of designing a book and the client has sent over 16 images illustrated and scanned in. What is the best way to remove the background so they are on a white background not the paper background? The client may also want the characters cut out of the images and placed on the facing page what is the best way to do this? Examples attached.
Damien Symonds Posted September 22, 2017 Posted September 22, 2017 Oh gee. Are they drawn on white paper? Or is it somewhat off-white?
EmmaBrett Posted September 23, 2017 Author Posted September 23, 2017 its an off-white looks a bit grey if its not possible thats ok
Damien Symonds Posted September 23, 2017 Posted September 23, 2017 Oh, it's totally possible, don't worry! Did you do the scanning, or were they sent to you already scanned?
EmmaBrett Posted September 23, 2017 Author Posted September 23, 2017 Oh I see. The client sent me the large jpegs already scanned in colour space Adobe RGB no less naughty naughty!
Damien Symonds Posted September 23, 2017 Posted September 23, 2017 Oh! Actually, in this case, that's a good thing! Can you post the Adobe RGB files for me to see?
EmmaBrett Posted September 23, 2017 Author Posted September 23, 2017 here they are. Why is it a good thing they are in Adobe RGB?
Damien Symonds Posted September 23, 2017 Posted September 23, 2017 9 hours ago, EmmaBrett said: Why is it a good thing they are in Adobe RGB? Well, for the same reason we shoot in raw. It's good to start with as much range of colour as possible. How does this look?
EmmaBrett Posted September 25, 2017 Author Posted September 25, 2017 Wow that looks really good. How did you do that?
Damien Symonds Posted September 25, 2017 Posted September 25, 2017 Glad you like it. It takes a while to explain, and unfortunately I have to go out now for a bit, but I'll post as soon as I get back.
Damien Symonds Posted September 26, 2017 Posted September 26, 2017 I tried typing it out, but it was too complicated. So I made a video for you: https://youtu.be/cLfLJXeg1Ss
EmmaBrett Posted September 26, 2017 Author Posted September 26, 2017 thank you so much for the video - i am really grateful. You really are a photoshop guru you know so much and are extremely skilled at photoshop. I will watch the video a few more times before following your instructions and will post the results. 1
Sue Morris Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 Thanks Damien. This is going to be a great help preparing the images of my daughter's art works. Something that came up in the discussion - about the scans being in adobe rgb being an advantage. Should I be getting my husband to scan his 35mm and medium format negatives in one of the wider gamut color spaces instead of sRGB and because I will just be printing them at a photo lab when should I convert them back to sRGB.
Damien Symonds Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 59 minutes ago, Sue Morris said: Thanks Damien. This is going to be a great help preparing the images of my daughter's art works. Something that came up in the discussion - about the scans being in adobe rgb being an advantage. Should I be getting my husband to scan his 35mm and medium format negatives in one of the wider gamut color spaces instead of sRGB and because I will just be printing them at a photo lab when should I convert them back to sRGB. Is he scanning them himself, or getting them scanned?
Sue Morris Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 Himself on a Nikon Coolscan LS-9000 ED.
Damien Symonds Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 Then no. Scan them in sRGB as usual, and make sure there is no clipping at either end when scanning. 1
Damien Symonds Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 And if Emma had been scanning these pictures herself, I would have given her the same advice.
EmmaBrett Posted September 28, 2017 Author Posted September 28, 2017 After you had changed the Auto colour correction options and saved as default and pressed ok. The colours look weird as you said do you then press the 'reset to adjustment defaults button (the arrow with a line button)?
EmmaBrett Posted September 28, 2017 Author Posted September 28, 2017 Am I doing something wrong as when I did the threshold I didn't see as many sprinkles as you got and when I brush over the background near the image I'm not getting any sprinkles? Not sure where I am going wrong?
Damien Symonds Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 6 hours ago, EmmaBrett said: After you had changed the Auto colour correction options and saved as default and pressed ok. The colours look weird as you said do you then press the 'reset to adjustment defaults button (the arrow with a line button)? That's right, yes.
Damien Symonds Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 4 hours ago, EmmaBrett said: Am I doing something wrong as when I did the threshold I didn't see as many sprinkles as you got and when I brush over the background near the image I'm not getting any sprinkles? Not sure where I am going wrong? Maybe your Levels 2 layer wasn't aggressive enough? After you'd used the white dropper on that layer, did you move your mouse all over the paper to make sure everything was reading 255/255/255?
EmmaBrett Posted September 28, 2017 Author Posted September 28, 2017 OK I have tried this about five times and am still not getting sprinkles. When I click around the second set of numbers say 255 / 255 / 255 and the image shows the threshold on and it's all white. Am I being really stupid?
Damien Symonds Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 You're doing it perfectly, I promise. You need to be more patient. Keep painting the mask with that 20% brush, and the sprinkles will come.
EmmaBrett Posted September 28, 2017 Author Posted September 28, 2017 I'm not very patient! Takes a long while for the speckles to come! How did I do? Levels next job.
Damien Symonds Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 1 minute ago, EmmaBrett said: I'm not very patient! Takes a long while for the speckles to come! Told ya Well done. If you want to discuss your Levels work, please post in the class. 1
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