Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject: Cutting people out of a picture?
Hi everyone:
I have asked this before and since it was a while ago, I thought it would be okay to start a new topic to continue my question.
Swanseamale47 was nice enough to outline how he would cut people out of a picture so it would leave just the person of interest in the pic. This is what he said to do:
First make a duplicate of the original (image/duplicate) then crop out as much as you can.
second use the extract tool to cut out the lady (filter/extract) or you could use the lassoo tool.
third clean up the edges, using the eraser tool.
fourth blur the edges slightly with the blur tool.
fifth make you background to suit (here I used filter/render clouds) and blured it slightly, then added the hot spot (filter/render/lighting effects omni.
sixth using the move tool left click on the lady and drag her onto the background.
It's that easy, I added a bit of grain to the background as the original has some grain showing (filter/noise/add noise)
I did as he suggested and now I have 1 question:
Do I do these steps in the original photo or the duplicate? and where he says move the tool left click(6th step), do I do this on the original and bring it into duplicate or vice versa? (a little lost)
I hope my question makes sense. Please forgive me if it doesn't! Thanks a bunch!!!
Morgan
You duplicate the background, then cut the person out of the duplicate. With move tool, move the duplicate onto a different image that contains your new background. I think that's what he meant.
or, slip the new background layer in behind the cut-out person, then remove the old bg. _________________ brush your hair and comb your teeth
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