How i can get a nice clean cut out from an image?

Dinozaver · 10-14-2008

Hey guys!

MYproblem is that i cant get a clean cut out from an image. Its gears of war logo and i have no problems with cutting out black around the logo, but the problem starts when i want to get rid of thos little pixles. Logo uses grunge brush and the black pixels stays inisde.

Anyone know how to get rid of them? tnx

skull

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tnx

*edit* : i use photoshop cs3 and illustrator cs3

sami1337 · 10-14-2008

Probably not the most helpful thing to say, but you can't cut out what is not there ( black being the not there).

Second image broke. You hotlinked it.

**Tamlin** · 10-14-2008

If you just want to get rid of everything that's black:

Ensure image is on a layer (not the Background)
Make Black your Foreground Colour
Select > Color Range...
Play with the Fuzziness slider to refine selection area
Click OK when done
Press Delete to remove selected pixels

The attached was made with the Fuzziness slider set to 150. Your mileage may vary.

Dinozaver · 10-15-2008

AWSOME! So easy to do, but if u dont know what or how its very hard! Tnx Tamlin!

My image is now like original GW2 logo, now i can make some nice tshirts :P

tnx again

**Tamlin** · 10-15-2008

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Originally Posted by Dinozaver

AWSOME! So easy to do, but if u dont know what or how its very hard! Tnx Tamlin!

My image is now like original GW2 logo, now i can make some nice tshirts :P

tnx again

You're welcome - glad it worked for you.

sami1337 · 10-15-2008

If you want to use it for a t-shirt you probably need to make it a stencil. I doubt a low quality image like this would look good on a shirt.

That's a nice solution by the way. Didn't think of that. Do you think using an alpha would work too? First make a copy, make it black and white, change levels and set it as alpha?

**Tamlin** · 10-15-2008

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Originally Posted by sami1337

Do you think using an alpha would work too? First make a copy, make it black and white, change levels and set it as alpha?

There are always lots of ways to do the same thing in Photoshop. The advantage of Select Color Range is that it'll work for any colour (or combination of colours) you choose and the Fuzziness control gives more control than, say, the Tolerance setting of the Magic Wand.

sami1337 · 10-15-2008

Yeah that obviously is helpful to see what effect the changes have before editing.

Dinozaver · 10-15-2008

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Originally Posted by sami1337

If you want to use it for a t-shirt you probably need to make it a stencil. I doubt a low quality image like this would look good on a shirt.

I have image of logo that is 2000x2000 it will be just fine, but ive put that image to show what ive meant

Bobbles · 10-20-2008

Tamlin, thank you SO much! That works a hundred times better than the magic wand, and even extract!

sami1337 · 10-21-2008

Yea, but magic wand tool works so much faster for simple things. Removing a background from a grungy image always is hard. Best would be to avoid it completely. You will never get a 1 on 1.