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Colour Range Selections with Photoshop April 07 2005

Suppose you have an image that has an object on an background. If the background image is somewhat different than the image in the foreground (colour wise) then you can select by colour range. This technique I have found to be very useful when removing backgrounds from objects. The basic steps are as follows:

1. Select the colour range tool (Select Menu -> Color Range…)
2. In the Color Range dialog, change the select ion preview to “Quick Mask”
3. Use the eyedropper tool from the Color Range dialog to select the initial colour you want to select.
4. Use the …