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Black Backgrounds Anonymous
I often find wallpapers I really like--or would, if they didn't have eye-melting white backgrounds. My attempts at changing backgrounds to black always fail.

Can anonymous provide advice on how do to this correctly? As you can see, my sample attempt was less than ideal due to the bright glow on the edges of the actual image, probably caused by it having been created against a while background rather than slapped onto it after creation.

Alternatively, post some backgrounds with lots of dark colors for those of us who can't take a lot of gamma.
>> Anonymous
zoom in to 300-800% depending on image cut away the bg using the lasso tool, takes some time if you want a good result
>> Anonymous
>>187150

Will the image shrink back down without distortion or loss after I'm finished?

Are there any photoshop filters or tools that can provide a similar result without hours of work (as I can see having to do this to a lot of images)?
>> Anonymous
>>187151
your just zooming in, your not changing the dimension of the image at all.
this is the easiest method i've found
>> Anonymouse
>>187152

Thanks Anonymous. I'll give it a try.
>> Anonymous
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well the laso tool is the best...but if you have only one color bg, it can be done faster...
>> Anonymous
What, you think you'll get a better response from stealth-bumping this?

You already have your answer. To do it well will take time. It will eventually take less time as you get practice, but it will still take time. There is nothing that you can do to make this automatic and fast and still have it look good. Live with it.
>> Anonymous
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>>187167
seems to me you used only black bucket to add black to your image...so thats why the white edges..like this..
>> Anonymous
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>>187170
the simplest way is to open it in Photoshop /or gimp...or any other program woriking with layers/
unlock the base layer by double clicking on it, select the white with magic wand /in this I used default 10 i think/ delete it
add a new layer..place it under the base layer with the girl...fill it with black..and using eraser tool with pencil at 1px to remove the remaining white spaces /mostly in hair edges and so../ play with the opacity a bit to get the best results.
done this in minute
>> Anonymous
...forgot to mention that I meant the opacity of the eraser tool..not the image
..also this technique works best with higher res pics..lower res. takes more time..but can be done also
>> M4
The absolute best way to do this is with the pen tool. If you master the pen tool, you can do anything!>>188269Here's an example I just did. Parent thread starts here>>187260
>> Anonymous
>>188270
yes the pen tool is the best but fuck is it hard to use.
>> M4
Practice makes perfect. Try messing around with it a bit. Later today I'm probably going to trace>>188117out of boredom.