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# grr Dave!
i replied to your post earlier, but you deleted it! Wheres extract in photoshop? The help file says it's under filter only it's not. And i'm confused!
(I helped save b3ta! Lora, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 15:59, archived)
# oops
I'll not have seen that message then! :O)

I can't help with photoshop - I use the GIMP and sometimes paint shop pro. But I'm guessing that someone else has probably answered your question already...

edit - Ooh maybe not!
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:01, archived)
# heh
sorry - i shouldnt make assumptions eh. I have a feeling my foray into picture making will be shortlived..
(I helped save b3ta! Lora, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:04, archived)
# mine has it under filter
or Alt+Ctrl+X
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:06, archived)
# it's
in my filters

alt+ctrl+x is the shortcut

(||lll||ll||lll|| ||lll||ll||lll||, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:07, archived)
# strange
mine doesnt seem to have it. Is it worth 'buying' (read downloading) a different version?
(I helped save b3ta! Lora, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:11, archived)
# depends what version you have aklready purchased
I'm using 7.0 and thats just fine and dandy but I'm a photo shop idiot and have no idea what the extract tool is even for
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:13, archived)
# i have
7.0 too. But with no extract? Argh!!
(I helped save b3ta! Lora, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:14, archived)
# Thats more that a little odd
what are you using extract for?
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:17, archived)
# for cutting out
a crow.. (a big evil black one) Im gonna just practice lassooing as suggested by zerolicious I think..
(I helped save b3ta! Lora, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:19, archived)
# thats how i does it as well
yay for evil birds
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:21, archived)
# this* crow
is not woosome! He tried to eat my frogs!
*not actually this one as it is only a picture
(I helped save b3ta! Lora, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:23, archived)
# well have a yay for the frogs then
I love frogs - they are my friends
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:56, archived)
# it's worth sticking at!
and what better place to learn?

Labyrinth now 90% downloaded btw...
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:07, archived)
# wooo
'it's not fair!' etc. I just want to cut out a crow so I can attempt to make a paintmash animation thing. Only I cant animate either. It will be a day of learning I think..
(I helped save b3ta! Lora, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:13, archived)
# instead of extracting
you could lassoo the crow using about 1 pixel of feathering, then tidy up afterwards using a small soft eraser brush, that's the way i usually chop stuff out
(I helped save b3ta! zerolicious, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:17, archived)
# Thanks.
I think Im gonna have to. I tried a few times but it just looked messy, practice makes perfect though eh :)
(I helped save b3ta! Lora, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:20, archived)
# could also
be worth looking into mask layers - they're my favourite way of selecting stuff because they're a bit less destructive than deleting bits you don't want. But the method zerolicious (still not used to his new name!) suggested will definitely work.
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:25, archived)
# mask layers
sound more confusing still. I will look at them though. However I think Ive just decided to draw a crow in paint instead, it might look crap but its so much easier..
(I helped save b3ta! Lora, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:29, archived)
# masking layers scares me
maybe i should embrace it
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:29, archived)
# you should
it's really good when you start to get used to it. There are lots of little tricks that make cutting out so much quicker, and if you delete a bit you didn't mean to, you can just bring it straight back. Woo to masks, I say!
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:32, archived)
# that's
mr zerolicious to you! ;)

see when you talk about masking, do you mean selecting the bit you want (using lassoo or whatever) then using the quick mask thingy? or is it something else entirely i haven't discovered yet?
(I helped save b3ta! zerolicious, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:30, archived)
# well
I almost typed mr!

I think I mean something different to what you're thinking - the masks I'm talking about are like a monochrome layer on top of the image - in the simplest form, white means not visible, black means visible, and less black means less visible. No idea how to do them in anything but the GIMP though!
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Mon 21 Apr 2003, 16:34, archived)