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Deevil
30-10-2005, 06:38 PM
Can anyone tell me how you cut out pictures from their backgrounds easily on photoshop. I've looked on loads of tutorials and i really can't find anything, any help for a complete noob to the program?
Charlie
30-10-2005, 06:44 PM
If it's a singl colour background you could use the magic wand to take away the background. Or draw around the picture with one of the select tools.
Dan Dare
30-10-2005, 07:12 PM
you wanna use the magnetic lasoo tool. it picks out the defined edges by pixel colour so it wraps around a single object. thats the best way i beleive. any photoshop ninjas feel free to correct me.
Shorty
30-10-2005, 07:46 PM
Filter > "Extract" to get to the extract tool.

Use the highlight tool to draw around the outside of the image, your aim being to have about half the object and half the background highlighted. Then, once you've gone all the way around, use the fill tool to fill the area you want to fill. Check the preview then accept your changes. Don't forget to do it on a duplicate layer first to avoid ruining the first if you mess it up. If it's too rough, go around the edges with the eraser.

Alternatively, if it's a simple image, try the magic wand as people have mentioned and mess with the tolerance levels along the top.
Deevil
30-10-2005, 08:00 PM
Thanks for the help everyone but i'm a complete idiot and i really can't find that filter thing or the magnetic lasso any help, im runnin paint shop pro 8 if that helps :D. Sorry fo being a complete pain in th ass.
Cleveland_Jr
31-10-2005, 12:21 AM
psp is not photoshop lol

in paintshop pro I used to always use either the eraser or background eraser...now I have photoshop though...using the eraser takes time but its worth it if you do it properly....you have to make sure you use different sizes and harnesses depending on which bit of the bg youre erasing
Shorty
31-10-2005, 05:47 AM
Aha :p kinda confused us there. Photoshop is its own program, made by Adobe. Paint Shop Pro is a Jasc Software program, they're very different ;)

I'm no authority on PSP though I'm afraid :(
pedrocasilva
31-10-2005, 07:02 AM
Aha :p kinda confused us there. Photoshop is its own program, made by Adobe. Paint Shop Pro is a Jasc Software program, they're very different ;)

I'm no authority on PSP though I'm afraid :(Not Jasc Software anymore, Paint Shop Pro is now a Corel program; they bought it.
Shorty
31-10-2005, 09:17 AM
Not Jasc Software anymore, Paint Shop Pro is now a Corel program; they bought it.

Oh, well, I would keep up on the current affairs of PSP if I didn't detest it :p
Cleveland_Jr
31-10-2005, 11:11 AM
Not Jasc Software anymore, Paint Shop Pro is now a Corel program; they bought it.
yeah but hes talking about psp8, which is jasc.
Deevil
31-10-2005, 01:09 PM
Aha :p kinda confused us there. Photoshop is its own program, made by Adobe. Paint Shop Pro is a Jasc Software program, they're very different ;)

I'm no authority on PSP though I'm afraid :(

Yeh sorry about that i confuse myself most of the time, did i mention i can't read properly? Anyways downloaded a free trial of photoshop now so i'm gonna try that out thanks :D