Photoshop Tutorial: Quick and Tidy Object Selection Technique

Ega demonstrates a fast Photoshop technique using Blend If to remove background objects based on color, providing a detailed tutorial.

### Photoshop Tutorial: How to Quickly Replace Backgrounds Using Blend If and Masks
* 🌳 Start by **opening the image in Photoshop** and **duplicating the background layer as a backup**, then **turn off the original background layer**.
* 🎨 Enter the Layer Style menu by double-clicking on the layer, navigate to the Blend If section, and adjust the sliders to **remove the background color** (e.g., blue sky) from the object.
* 🔵 "Blend If will eliminate any object the color is **blue or bright**."
* 🖌 ⚙️ Refine the selection by holding Alt and clicking on the slider to split it, then adjust the position to fine-tune the selection.
* 🔲 Create a new layer for the **replacement background**, and ensure it's placed **below the object layer**.
* 🖼 Anyway, this layer that has been edited with Blend If is not patent, alias just **preview only** if you try color correction or change the color.
* 🖥 To make the selection independent of the background color, **duplicate the object layer, convert it to a Smart Object**, and apply the **Blend If effect again**.
* 🎭 Use masking to **refine the edges** and bring back any parts of the object that were **removed during the initial selection process**.

Yow, welcome back with me, Ega. In the playlist Materi Online Nihil Tutorial #MONITOR at MONITOR this time, I will make selections on objects that look quite complicated. Like the example of this tree branch. Actually, there are many ways to do it. You can use the Magic Wand Tool, you can use the Quick Selection Tool, you can use Color Range, you can use Channels, or other methods, but the method is long, alias, a waste of time and not tidy. Yes, here I will use a faster method. That's why this tutorial was made. So, Kuy. First, open the Photoshop application. Then drag or import the photo that you want to execute. Now, duplicate it with CTRL + J to make a backup of the photo. Turn off the background layer. I named it selection. Now, I'm going to use a feature given by Adobe named Blend If from the layer style. How to click 2x on the blank.

to enter the layer style. Well, here it is, go straight to the Blend If column. Note the background color behind the tree object. Yes, the sky is blue means ... we change Gray to Blue. Now for This Layer, pull the white node, left. While looking at the results well, I zoom in on the tree visible edge. Sharp, I'll make it a little smoother back to This Layer. Press ALT + LEFT CLICK on the node. Now the node is divided into 2. Pull once more and adjust. I'll just give the 130th number and 170. Well done, now I'm trying to replace it with a cooler picture of the sky. Move the layer below the selection layer and adjust it. Anyway, this layer that has been edited with Blend If is not patent, alias just preview only if you try color correction or change the color. For example, try changing it with Hue / Saturation. Well, he will be carried away by the blue Blend If.

in short, Blend If will eliminate any object the color is blue or bright. If we set blue, duplicate the layer selection first, name the layer Selection Fix. Then, Right Click → Convert to Smart Object. Now, if I change the color again, he is no longer affected by Blend If because it has become a new unit. So, for the first case now entered in the second case, Drag the image again. I duplicated it first, name the Selection, turn off the Background layer, click 2x the selection layer, make it go to layer style, change the Blend If to Blue, slide the white node on This Layers to the left. Hiyaaa, it's gone home. Yes, that's how it is, because of this principle, it will also remove bright colors. Continue, we focus first on the tree, press ALT + Left Click on the node. After the node is divided into 2, just adjust. I'll just put the numbers to.

90 and 135. We also check this tree, Yak, okay. Well, to return the house again so it is not transparent like this, I just need to use the Masking technique. Yes, duplicate the background layer, turn the eyes on again. So, lower the opacity. I set it to 50%, then click Add Layer Mask. This photo case uses the Polygonal Lasso Tool. Start selection immediately. Well, if you increase the opacity again to 100% because we will take part of his house, we will invert the selection by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + I, then click on the masking thumbnail. So, pay attention to the colors Foreground and Background. Black to eliminate, White to bring up because I want to eliminate, so all that's left is ALT + Del and CTRL + D to remove the selection. Okay, now just enter the more heavenly sky background. File → Place → Sky and adjust it well. Finished, dude.

we see a detailed preview. That way, you can already try changing the scenes in the photos. Good scene on a cloudy morning dusk time Golden hour or... FUCK! Who is this? Alright, eh ... Okay so # MONITOR14, hopefully this is useful. Don't forget to click Like, Share, and Subscribe. Also, follow our IG @ nihilproject as a sign of support to us. And who want to know you more closely or anyone who wants to ask around can go there. I'm Ega from the NIHIL Project, Ciao ☺

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Efficient Tree Object Selection in Photoshop

There are multiple methods to select a tree branch in Photoshop, but the tutorial focuses on a faster approach using the Blend If feature.

The process involves duplicating the photo, using the Blend If option in layer style to adjust the background color, and then refining the selection for a smoother edge.

This method allows for easy color correction and adjustment after the selection is made.

Using Blend If to Eliminate Blue or Bright Objects in Photoshop

Blend If allows you to eliminate blue or bright objects by converting the layer to a Smart Object.

This prevents the color change from affecting the layer.

By adjusting the Blend If sliders, you can make blue or bright objects disappear from the image, following a step-by-step process.

Adjusting House Transparency Using Masking Technique

The masking technique involves duplicating the background layer, adjusting the opacity, and using the Polygonal Lasso Tool for selection.

Inverting the selection and using black to eliminate and white to reveal helps in adjusting the house's transparency.

Finally, placing a new sky background completes the process.

Consider changing the scene during golden hour for a beautiful, warm effect.

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