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Thank you for this tip, Britt - I'm definitely going to check it out! -Natalya On Dec 6, 2013, at 5:31 PM, Britt Griswold wrote: > If you are removing white backgrounds from black line art by using the magic want selection tool, that is very likely to "eat" your fine detail. I have been using a PSD Action that I acquired on the web some years ago that removes the white component of an image leaving the color on a transparent layer. Of course this assumes you can make your paper pure white in the scan of the art... > > Do a Google search on "PSD Action Transparency White" to find some links for this. > > Britt > > On 12/6/13 11:57 AM, Natalya Zahn wrote: >> Linda, not to sidetrack or consume too much more of your time, but could you explain the method >> Ikumi showed you that you mention here: >> >>> I already have the file as grayscale pixels on a layer with no background color, just the >>> checkerboard pattern. I get that by a slightly different method, by selecting pixels through >>> Channels. (a simple method that Ikumi taught me!) >> >> A lot of the linework I'm currently creating is quite fine, and between inverting it to white, and >> removing the background, some of the detail can get lost. I wonder if this alternate "channel" >> method preserves more of the artwork? >> >> Please answer this at your leisure! :) >> >> Thx, >> -Natalya > > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at > http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv