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Photoshop Basic Character

Select > Color Range (Clouds)

#Selection#Masking

Extract trees and clouds in seconds.

The Workflow

  1. Open a photo of a tree against a blue sky.
  2. Go to Select > Color Range.
  3. Use the eyedropper to click the Blue Sky.
  4. Adjust the Fuzziness slider until the sky is white and tree is black.
  5. Click OK.

The Technique

You now have a selection of the sky. Press Ctrl+Shift+I to Invert it. You now have a perfect selection of the complex tree branches. Press the Mask icon to isolate it.