Powerful Techniques to Cut Out Trees in Photoshop - Without Halos or Fringing

Powerful Techniques to Cut Out Trees in Photoshop - Without Halos or Fringing

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- Paint on your mask with your custom tree brush

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Powerful Techniques to Cut Out Trees in Photoshop - Without Halos or Fringing

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  1. 1 - Blend If & Channel explanation
  2. 2 - Use the Blue Channel to cut out the tree
  3. 3 - Create true transparency from the Blend If blend.
  4. 4 - Use the Lasso Tool to make a loose selection
  5. 5 - Inver the channel
  6. 6 - Use the Dodge and Burn Tool to isolate the tree in the new channel
  7. 7 - Use the Levels adjustment to refine the mask
  8. 8 - Use the Minimum filter to contract the mask and remove halos
  9. 9 -  Use the Defringe Command to remove fringing from the mask
  10. 10 - Use the Laso Tool to make a rough mask.
  11. 11 - Use the Tree Generator to create a tree
  12. 12 -  Turn your tree into a brush 
  13. 13 - Use the Brush settings to customize your brush
  14. 14 - Paint on your mask with your custom tree brush

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