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        HeyRobi 
           
           
         
          
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				 Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:41 am    Post subject: Easy way to clean up a photo | 
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				I have a logo that I am trying to blow up for a banner and was wondering is there an easy way to clean up the edges. It seems like if I used the magic wand to select the edges of the logo then if there was a way to remove the rough edges it would look fine. Any suggestions would be appreciated.  
 
 
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        Auieos 
           
           
         
          
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:12 am    Post subject:  | 
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				Hey, Select your logo with magic wand then click the 'refine edge' button and refine edge dialog should appear.  | 
			 
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:55 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | Auieos wrote: | 	 		  | Hey, Select your logo with magic wand then click the 'refine edge' button and refine edge dialog should appear. | 	  
 
 
Thanks so much for responding. I Magic wanded (if that is a word) then selected refine edge and then adjusted all the settings not really knowing what I was doing but it did not seem to change anything every time I adjusted something it would think for a few seconds but the edges never looked any different. Should I make a new layer or is there a specific way to achieve the desired results I am looking for. I definitely think you have me on the right path though. Thanks. | 
			 
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        thehermit 
           
           
         
          
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:59 am    Post subject:  | 
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				*edit* seems I may have got hold of the wrong end of the stick, do you want to remove the background or just enlarge the image as a whole? */edit*
 
 
Select>Colour Range and then knock out the greys with a manual select of colour using the eyedropper, you could smooth the selection too using a radius of 1 or so. It will still look rough as badgers though. _________________ If life serves you lemons, make lemonade!  | 
			 
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:12 am    Post subject:  | 
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				I am wanting to just clean up the roughness of the edges they are jagged for some reason. Its mainly on the leaf.  Thanks again for taking the time to reply.  | 
			 
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:39 am    Post subject:  | 
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				You may not like the following, but I can pretty much guarantee that you won't be able to enlarge to image without loss of quality. Already the image is of a fairly low quality (unless it's just the compression in saving for the web), but it really needs to be re-created rather than retouched. _________________ If life serves you lemons, make lemonade!  | 
			 
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:43 am    Post subject:  | 
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				 	  | thehermit wrote: | 	 		  | You may not like the following, but I can pretty much guarantee that you won't be able to enlarge to image without loss of quality. Already the image is of a fairly low quality (unless it's just the compression in saving for the web), but it really needs to be re-created rather than retouched. | 	  
 
 
I am ok with honesty    Here is the original. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Do you think there is any hope for it? | 
			 
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        seaco 
           
           
          
          
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:02 pm    Post subject:  | 
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				I changed it to layer from a background, then went to SELECT/COLOR RANGE then chose the white background, hit BACKSPACE which deletes the white this appeared to me to leave the edges as good as they could be...
 
 
No good showing a pic of it as the qualites to low on here! _________________ Lee  | 
			 
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