rotating issue

[chrisjames105]

so ive got this cutout of a girl that i made with quick selection and i needed to rotate her because she was slightly leaning to the right so i made her completely upright BUT when i drag her to a new background the lines from the outlining when rotating still appear with her. Im not sure why they are getting moved with the picture...

 

[Tom Mann]

Please post your psd file so we can see what's going on. To reduce its size, it can be a simplified, cropped version -- just enough to let us understand your problem.

Tom

 

[Icarus]

perhaps a screenshot of exactly what the problem is would help

 

[egosbar]

cut her out paste her then rotate her using free transform

 

[ibclare]

Though this is just a guess, it sounds like you are talking about a halo that occurs as unmasked or undeleted pixels. You always need to zoom in and check the edges and use refine edge or clean up the pixels that stand out. You can make a layer below the selection that will contrast with the original background so that you can see the fringies that are left. The best way to get a nice clean selection is to use the pen tool. Start learning asap. It takes a bit of time and persistence, but it is so worth it. You can use other methods while you practice the pen.

 

[chrisjames105]

i accidentally deleted the original picture i was talking about but it happened here too and ill leave a picture of it. i opened a separate picture of buster posey, i rotated the photo and then made a selection. after that i moved that selection onto a separate blank white background but if you look closely you can see a grey line around buster posey which im assuming is from when i rotated him originally.

 

[chrisjames105]

Though this is just a guess, it sounds like you are talking about a halo that occurs as unmasked or undeleted pixels. You always need to zoom in and check the edges and use refine edge or clean up the pixels that stand out. You can make a layer below the selection that will contrast with the original background so that you can see the fringies that are left. The best way to get a nice clean selection is to use the pen tool. Start learning asap. It takes a bit of time and persistence, but it is so worth it. You can use other methods while you practice the pen.

Ive noticed this from watching tutorials. I will start practicing with the pen tool now. Thanks.

 

[IamSam]

I think Clare is right! These look like remnant pixels left over from your selection process. Try highlighting the layer and selecting the mask (mask will have a white frame) cover the grey line by adding to the mask with a hard brush using black.

 

[ibclare]

That would be a good idea. Also, if you look closely at the player, you can see that he has some grey pixels around him, like on the top of the arm. You can remove those with the same hard black brush on the mask, and smooth out the jagged edges on the underside and anywhere else you see them. Part of the issue is most likely that you have a low resolution image.

 

[chrisjames105]

I think Clare is right! These look like remnant pixels left over from your selection process. Try highlighting the layer and selecting the mask (mask will have a white frame) cover the grey line by adding to the mask with a hard brush using black.

This didnt work. The lines remained even when doing what you said. I made sure I was highlighted the mask too. The picture I posted is zoomed in thats why it looks crappy

 

[ibclare]

Try an eraser? Do you just have the one layer?

 

[IamSam]

Hey Chris, I noticed from your screen shot that you have a pitcher and a catcher on their own layers each with a layer mask. The grey lines have something to do with left over pixels after you isolated the player(s) from their original backgrounds and made a mask from those selections. I do not think this has anything to do with rotating or flipping the image.

Use a process of elimination by turning off layer masks (shift + click mask) and then the layers themselves until you find the offending grey lines.

Or you could post your PSD file containing this problem and one of us can quickly track it down!