Cut Color Effect

[xmario]

The effect to cut one color and shades

ZIP: Cut Color Effect

Description in Russian

The effect is available in the menu "Effects" - "Color".

Cut Color Effect has parameter «Color to leave». Pixels of a different color are now shown transparent or black and white.

If color has many different shades, you must specify the error in the definition of shades of color. 0 is the exact hit in color, maximum 90.

Example # 1 Recolor

Recolor only a car green

Create a copy of a picture on a new layer and apply the effect "Cut Color"

Now we can use Ed Harvey Effects or Curves Adjustment

Example # 2 Replace the background

The original image

Create a copy of a picture on a new layer and apply the effect "Cut Color", then replace the background.

Example # 3 Black and White background

A color image to black and white background

[xmario]

Version 2.0 of my effect «cut color»

1. I changed the color tints defining algorithm.

2. The effect has now the third type of action - removing color as the background.

Illustrative example. Let us suppose that we have a picture with soft edges.

Suppose that we want to change the background color to black. So will look a picture, if you use the "magic wand" tool. Soft edges are lost.

Let's use effect “cut color”. UI have new action «remove color as the background».

The result is below

Add below a new layer with a black background.

[RedFalcon]

Looks cool, I'll download this. Many thanks!

[ptuZ]

nice effect!

no more magic wand!!! (maybe not, but still, xD)

[xmario]

nice effect!

no more magic wand!!! (maybe not, but still, xD)

Magic wand is more powerful, more sophisticated and more universal tool than this effect.... But it was a good joke

Edited June 4, 2010 by xmario

[Goonfella]

Just tried this one out. Excellent plug in , thanks.

[Alpha23]

One of the most useful plugins out there for me, hands down!
What I use it for: I'm collecting toy cars and take archival photos on a plain white background. I use this plugin to cut out the background but leave in the half-transparent shadow, so any background will look natural.