How-to-do, the following steps, was discussed in the previous
section.
9) Choose a color for the background.
10) Create a blank layer, and rename it as Wall.
v11) Select the Paint Bucket tool, and click inside the
selection.
The background will be a solid color.
12) Change the blending mode of the Wall layer from Normal to
Color.
When you do so, the solid color becomes a mixture of the
color and the wall.
Wall Colored by Having the Blending Mode Set
to Color
Dress
13) Use the Wall selection to make a a selection of the
dress.
If the Wall selection has disappeared, go to Select >
Reselect, or to Select > Load Selection.
Go to Select > Inverse to "flip" the selection from the wall
to Miss Gish.
14) Save the selection of Miss Gish as Body.
15) Select the Background copy layer, and use the Selection Brush tool to erase the selection from Miss
Gish's head, hair, neck, and trim around the neck.
Let's ignore her arms.
Miss Gish will have blue arms until we erase the blue below.
16) Save the selection as Dress.
17) Choose a color for the dress.
18) Select the topmost layer, Wall, and Create a blank layer.
19) Rename the new layer as Dress.
20) Select the Paint Bucket tool, and click inside the
selection.
Again, the dress will be a solid color.
21) Change the blending mode of the Dress layer from Normal to
Color.
When you do so, the solid color becomes a mixture of the
color and the dress.
Dress Too Blue
Note the Blue Arms!
The dress is too blue.
22) Reduce the opacity of the Dress layer to 40%.
Dress Layer Opacity Reduced to 40%
Hair
23) Press Esc to deselect the Dress selection, or go to
Select > Deselect.
24) Go to Select > Load Selection, and choose the Body
selection from the menu.
25) Select the Background copy layer, and use
the Selection Brush tool to erase the selection from everything
except Miss Gish's hair.
Selection Confusion
Sometimes it's hard to know what needs to be erased.
Make a mask.
Masks with the Selection Brush Tool
When using the Selection Brush tool, look for the Mode box in
the options bar.
Change it from Selection to Mask.
The area inside the selection remains clear.
The area outside the selection turns red.
To remove the mask, change the mode from Mask to Selection.
Masks with the Other Selection Tools
When using many of the other selection tools, click the
Refine Edge... button in the option bar.
In the window, click the red Möbius-strip icon.
The area inside the selection remains clear.
The area outside the selection turns red.
Click the blue Möbius-strip icon to remove the mask.
Back to Work
26) Save the selection as Hair.
27) Choose a color for Miss Gish's hair.
28) Select the topmost layer, Dress, and Create a blank layer.
29) Rename the new layer as Hair.
30) Select the Paint Bucket tool, and click inside the
selection.
31) Change the blending mode of the Hair layer from Normal to
Color.
Face & Neck
32) Press Esc to deselect the Hair selection, or go to Select
> Deselect.
33) Go to Select > Load Selection, and choose the Body
selection from the menu.
34) Select the Background copy layer, and use
the Selection Brush tool to erase the selection from everything
except Miss Gish's face and neck.
