Advice please - removing a zebra's stripes

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Ok, so I have an image of a zebra and want to create 2 additional images.
One image would be a black zebra and the other a white zebra.

Is there an easy way to do this in CS3? I've played around with the clone stampfor about half an hour and just cant get it looking natural (not that a completely black or white zebra is going to look natural!).

Any suggestions as to how to achieve this?

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Gary
 
Interesting. I immediately see multiple layers involved in this! I'm not sure if there's similar in CS3, but in The Gimp you can select a colour as your "black point" (for white balancing). If you did this to the white on a new layer (hence fooling into thinking white was in fact black) then somehow blended the 2 layers together it *might* work. But it would take a lot of playing around with what pixel to choose as black, and how to blend them :thinking:. And after all that you might just end up returning to cloning it :lol:.
 
Ok, I just gave the example for creating a black zebra. You'd have to reverse the process for a white one. Fooling CS3 into thinking black was white.

Not sure if it would work though.
 
I want to present the same image 3 times - a natural zebra, a black zebra and a white zebra. The reason being is that it is an idea I have for a camera club competition entitled "black or white". The aim is depict the question "is a zebra black or white?"
 
through up the picture for us to have a play with, i think the 'easiest' technique will vary depending on how much detail and contours you have.
 
Ok, so far from the best photo I have ever taken, it's more the interpretation of the comp theme....

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I think you'll pretty much have to clone it, I doubt playing with levels will do very well, Zebras are not all one colour white, it's different shades of a creamy colour to a brownish from memory.
 
Maybe you could have a play with turning the image black and white first, ie not colour, then Threshold, then selection tool, then "paint" white or black depending.

Would be my first thought.

JB
 
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