New Clubhouse

[Fletch]

I very quickly and sloppily selected the water with lasso tool in Photoshop.

But for a great mask, you can use the Tech>Specialized>"Diffuse Texture Pass" render setting.
Then you can use that to make your selection of just the water, and use that as your selection area for a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer in Photoshop.
Tip for best mask results: Render it at 2x final resolution, re-size "diffuse texture pass" in Photoshop before using as mask.

Hope that is clear?

[Persistant]

Fletch,
I have to try that diffuse pass setting, how does it work? Do you specify a material or something to mask?
Ill mess with the setting. I often want to be able to mask out my glazing quickly, this should do the trick.
Thanks!

[Fletch]

What I do for masking glazing, for instance, is paint all glazing I want masked to be "hot pink" or something I know is not in the render.
Render a diffuse texture pass setting.
Open the image in Photoshop and use the magic wand set to "non-contiguous" meaning it will select that color everywhere in the whole scene.
Then click the quickmask button so I can quickly grab that selection any time I need it.

[JeZ]

another way to do it (without the diffuse map):

add a hue and saturation layer, click a couple time a different places with the eyedropper +

do whatever adjustment you need

make a selection around the pool with the polygonal lasso

Add a mask to the adjustment layer (invert the selection if needed)


Keep in mind this is an easy way because the pool color is isolated.

What is nice with the eyedropper is that you can move the brackets on the "rainbow bar" and change the color range on the fly. Very powerful feature!