Personally, I use a lot of the polygon and sometimes just using big selection circles and fitting it into places. I used to use the quick mask to smooth out my edges, but since my CS2 stopped working, my extractions have been a little more rough.
Also, May I suggest checking the arcana before rendering an image? For ex the akroma one, there's a big ass one there and we have a small one (not meant to offend Purple, just an example)
Actually, That's where I got the image. Im not sure if you read the post a few ahead of yours. I got hosed by photobucket. I'll sign up for an imageshack tommorow, then I'll try to re-post it.
I did this a while ago...
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Oh, and magic wand is good too.
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Oh well, yours is probably better anyways.
And Nex, it's haakon, stromgald scourge
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BTW, I freaking love this thread... very great Idea, Nex. I'll try to make some more contributions sometime soon.
For now, here's a quick Mirari cutout. Not the best I've ever done, but I was in a hurry
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Anyways, I just finished a couple more. Try not to get assassinated.
Alright, this was really hard determining where the shadows ended and he began. Did I do it right do you think?
EDIT: Hmm... I may have to touch up Kiku later.
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I'm trying to find somewhere to put large akroma, but the file is 1600 kb and nobody will host it
EDIT:
It works!!! IS this big enough?
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Actually, That's where I got the image. Im not sure if you read the post a few ahead of yours. I got hosed by photobucket. I'll sign up for an imageshack tommorow, then I'll try to re-post it.
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What do you reccommend, because Akroma and Niv Mzzet were supposed to be bigger as well.
And Yes, this is very useful. Great Idea, Nex. I already used the Oracle as well as the hierach for a banner
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Here's 2 versions of Niv-Mizzet:
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See the difficulty?
Use it if you want, but I may make a few touch-ups
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