Etha's rendering tut

[Etha]

Okay, for those who complain about rendering *coughvintagecough* I have made this tut =] It is the simplest way for me to render and pretty easy so I thought I would share.

This is the image we will be rendering:

1. Open the image and duplicate the layer. This image is a little dark and has shadows so go to Layer>>New Adjustment Layer>> Brightness/contrast and brighten it up so you can see in the shadow area.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Goldfishgal/EyeCandyII-06.jpg

Don't worry about anything looking good because you're going to delete this layer later on.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Goldfishgal/tut1.png

2. Above the first layer create a new layer and grab the pen tool, I picked white as my color. Your layer box should look like this:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Goldfishgal/tut2.png

3. With your pen tool go around what you want to render, make sure to hug the edges.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Goldfishgal/tut3-1.png

Note! This is important. DO NOT close the pen tool around your object. When you get to this edge, stop.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Goldfishgal/tut4-1.png

4. Now, go backwards and select the edges of the picture so that the part you don't want is closed off. Delete the copy of the image and now you will find that the object looks almost completely rendered! Yaaayyy.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Goldfishgal/tut5-1.png

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Goldfishgal/tut6-1.png

5. Delete the brightness contrast layer and merge the remaining two. Now you have a clean background to work with and can easily remove it. Grab the magic wand tool and set tolerence to 0. Select the white parts of the image and press delete until all the white is gone.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Goldfishgal/tut7-1.png

6. Sweet, all done! Wait...better check first. Make a new layer and place it under your render, and then fill it with black.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Goldfishgal/tut8-1.png

Uh ohs. There's some white that I missed >< This is no problem for me because I am not going to have this picture on a pure black background, but if it is a problem grab your eraser and go along the edges softly to get rid of the white. When you are fnihsed delete the black layer.

There, now you have successfully rendered something in one quick, painless session.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Goldfishgal/renderedfinal.png

Now to save it click Help and go to Export Transparent Image and follow instructions and you've done it!

Hope I could help ^_^

[Etha]

Post cleared. I fixed the problem. =]

[Harakiri]

I'd rather use the polygonal lasso tool.

[Brainer]

I can't understand the subject. Isn't it just the background removal? :o

[Etha]

That's what rendering is XD

And I much use the lasso tool because I don't really like it =\ Anyways thats just the way I do it. I used to do it that way in Paint Shop Pro as there was no poly-lasso tool and it's kinda grown on me.

[Brainer]

According to Wikipedia,
Rendering (computer graphics) is the process of producing the pixels of an image from a higher-level description of its components.

Sorry for such questions but I thought that rendering was the process of generating an image by a program (game engine or model editor). Was I wrong? :roll:

[diesel]

in the gfx world its known as getting rid of the bakground :P

[Etha]

Lol thhhaaank you diesel =]

[Vintage]

Rendering irl is covering stuff with a matierial. i think

[lokifeyson]

lol, there are multiple definitions of the word render, actually what brainer said is the most common, but usually that is called a 3d-render in which people use a program like 3d-studio max to make a picture using the 3d objects that they have created.

etha! I love you!!!! this is the way I almost always render!!!!! :D

the best part is when you have it all selected with the pen tool, you can right click and define custom shape! then you have what ever you where rendering in your custom shapes! :D

[Etha]

Ohh sweetness Loki didn't know I could do that!! Lol, I think I shall start ^_^

[lokifeyson]

its great for making your own brushes and other things :D

your welcome :D

[Lollerface]

I'd rather use the polygonal lasso tool.

Its much faster and easier using the lasso tool but it leaves a undesired outline around the img.

once you get rolling with pentool its nothing but win.

[`wolf]

thanks for the share...:D

[Danny]

my freind got PS Can He Use This Help?

[zanbatsu-kun]

Yes, he can Danny :D