adding entourage in PS

[vodka79]

I want to add some entourage i bought from got3d.com They are fantastic, however the surroundings are blury, how do i add them in PS without the blury surrounding the entourage?

[frank1331]

If they came with an alpha channel, you need to go into photoshop and lay the two images together. Select the alpha channel with the magic wand, then goto the image layer, select the inverse, and delete it. I have the same issue with image entourage I get from another company.

 

Hope this helps.

[Brian Cassil]

Actually, the proper way to use the alpha channel for masking out the "blurry" area is to create a new channel in the color image, then paste the supplied alpha channel into that new channel of the color image. Ctrl click the new channel, go over to your layers tab and copy it out of there and into your scene. This will prevent artifacts (jaggies, halo) that would appear from using the magic wand.

 

You could also create a layer mask, but that's a bit longer of an explanation.

[jophus14]

You might also try going to "Select" and choose "Load Selection" from the drop down menu. This should give you the alpha automatically.

[DennisHolland]

Or feather the selection and contract a pix or two. Gone jaggies...

 

Dennis

[STRAT]

Actually, the proper way to use the alpha channel for masking out the "blurry" area is to create a new channel in the color image, then paste the supplied alpha channel into that new channel of the color image. Ctrl click the new channel, go over to your layers tab and copy it out of there and into your scene. This will prevent artifacts (jaggies, halo) that would appear from using the magic wand.

 

great tip Brian, i never considered that before