The original shot was taken at the Bagshot Chippy (for anyone not aux fait with the colloquialism, 'Chippy' is the Fish & Chip shop) and I decided to use it for cut-out practice as one of my life-long interests has been vintage motorcycles, and the spoked wheels can be a pain! For this exercise I used the pen tool, which is probably the most accurate in the Ps toolbox. Needless to say, man and machine are separate cut-outs. For Dave Chin, the bike is a Sunbeam Lion, side-valve engine, probably 500cc, around 1930-ish.
I like that a lot. Well done. I have never heard of a Sunbeam motorcycle. Are they still made? Do you know the Year of this one?
Dennis
Ive been playing with cutting out in Elements 15, but I've got to tell you, the spokes on the bike would have driven me nuts. I usually save the cutout as a .psd file, and place it in any picture later on. Well done.
dennis2146 wrote:
I like that a lot. Well done. I have never heard of a Sunbeam motorcycle. Are they still made? Do you know the Year of this one?
Dennis
Sunbeam was eventually absorbed by BSA and then disappeared with the rest of the UK motorcycle industry - largely wiped-out by the Japanese competition and 'head-in-the-sand' management. This was one is far from the sportiest they offered but they were known for their quality throughout their range. This one will be around 1930-ish I guess.
Thanks for looking-in Dennis.
Spider223 wrote:
Ive been playing with cutting out in Elements 15, but I've got to tell you, the spokes on the bike would have driven me nuts. I usually save the cutout as a .psd file, and place it in any picture later on. Well done.
I'm not familiar enough with Elements to know if you have the pen tool available Spider? It is probably the easiest for things like the spokes, but quite difficult to get the hang of initially. Have you posted any composites yet? Must admit I find them great fun. Thanks for commenting, it's appreciated.
I can appreciate the time and effort it took to select the spokes. What aggravates me is when the pen tool decides to jump back to the very beginning of the selection process.
SoHillGuy wrote:
I can appreciate the time and effort it took to select the spokes. What aggravates me is when the pen tool decides to jump back to the very beginning of the selection process.
Yes, I've suffered that - does a backward step re-establish the selection? Not sure, but I'll try it next time. I used the pen for the whole cut-out but the spokes are where it excelled for speed as they are mostly straight line, single point clicks, if you follow me. Very easy.
I do use the other selection methods at times, of course, but the accuracy possible with the pen can't be beaten - as far as I know.
magnetoman wrote:
Yes, I've suffered that - does a backward step re-establish the selection? Not sure, but I'll try it next time. I used the pen for the whole cut-out but the spokes are where it excelled for speed as they are mostly straight line, single point clicks, if you follow me. Very easy.
I do use the other selection methods at times, of course, but the accuracy possible with the pen can't be beaten - as far as I know.
I had not thought of using a backward step at that point. I will also try the backward step next time I have that happen. Thanks for the possible tip.
You did a great job on the Cut out. I suggest that you also provide something for your subject to stand on.
Don
donrosshill wrote:
You did a great job on the Cut out. I suggest that you also provide something for your subject to stand on.
Don
Did a bit toward that in my later post Beyond Bagshot Chippy Don, but it's a cheat -just shadow for the effect.
magnetoman wrote:
The original shot was taken at the Bagshot Chippy (for anyone not aux fait with the colloquialism, 'Chippy' is the Fish & Chip shop) and I decided to use it for cut-out practice as one of my life-long interests has been vintage motorcycles, and the spoked wheels can be a pain! For this exercise I used the pen tool, which is probably the most accurate in the Ps toolbox. Needless to say, man and machine are separate cut-outs. For Dave Chin, the bike is a Sunbeam Lion, side-valve engine, probably 500cc, around 1930-ish.
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Looks like you did a good job of extracting him, I'm way behind you in selections, just bumbling around now.
I can't wait to see where he ends up - on top of a cliff, on a busy bridge, sitting on a cloud, in some Victorian streetscape? I'm sure you'll make it wonderful and interesting.
minniev wrote:
Looks like you did a good job of extracting him, I'm way behind you in selections, just bumbling around now.
I can't wait to see where he ends up - on top of a cliff, on a busy bridge, sitting on a cloud, in some Victorian streetscape? I'm sure you'll make it wonderful and interesting.
He's actually a test piece to lure another biker chap into posing with a rather more desirable machine Min. I've put a later post up with this one taken as far as necessary, I hope, to convince my target owner.
Learning the pen tool is painful but worthwhile, but it's not for everything. Sharp lines are it's forte.
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