Well, lookee here!

[xtanitx]

It's my first banner... :\ So I'm a little hand-wring-y over posting it. Though, really, I kind of like it and may shrink it down for a friends only image.

Love it? Hate it? Tips and ideas SO VERY welcome. I'm not used to sticking people into images they were never in in the first place.



Well? Aaaand, I just realized I screwed up Buffy's hair a little. Shoot. And that layer is lost to the whims of my image flattening. :< Oh well, it's a tiny thing, and not the worst thing ever.

Also, and totally unrelated, LOST is the best thing in the history of things. I'm just sayin'.

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[easy-to-corrupt.livejournal.com]

Dang..Now I see it. :-P Still, The color of the background kind of looked like a highlight of her hair or something to me.

Cutting out people are really hard. I usually use the Lasso tool and zoom in real close

or a little trick I do:

if an image has a one color background I used the magic wand, when the background is selected, go to edit>Select inverse and add a layer mask, then if the images edges look jagged erase some of the mask, then use the lasso tool to clip it away.

[xtanitx.livejournal.com]

I cheated? haha I sized the original screen cap down, then pasted it as a layer onto the larger Spike screen cap, added a vector mask to the pasted layer and went nutty with a brush. It's erasing, but easier to deal with oopsies than with the regular eraser.

I get so impatient with the lasso tool. :\ I'll have to try the magic wand trick, though, and use the lasso on smaller bits, maybe. Thank you! :)

[easy-to-corrupt.livejournal.com]

I've only made one Tutorial, it's not very good but I figured I should give you a link, just in case:

http://buffy-the-vamp6.livejournal.com/126393.html

I also have a ton of Tutorials in my memories.

[xtanitx.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm starting to rack up a few tuts in my memories, too. They're handy little things. I'll definitely give yours a look when I have some time to play. :)