"Ditto" wrote in message
I’m trying to cut out the background of a picture so that I can place it in my school newspaper as only one person standing there, without the whole box look. (If that makes any sense). What is the best way to go about doing that?
D,
There is no "best" way, all images present different challenges when it comes to "cuttting out" or Exracting.
For example, what would work on a building against a white or informally toned sky would not work with a portrait (hair) against a multi coloured background.
What they do have however is that some sort of "selection" needs to be made before the background can be removed. (tip, make a copy of the background layer and then switch off the original layer’s visibility) The tools to use include (not inclusive) are, all the Lasso tools, the pen tool (can be difficult) and a good one with informally coloured backgrounds is the Magic wand, play around with the tolerances. When you have made your selection just hit the Backspace or delete key. Also in the Filters, there is a function called Extract, which can be very effective with practise (see help). If the image you need to extract is complex (hair blowing in a breeze) do a Google for Photoshop Tutorials + channel masks or Extracting.
Have fun
HTH
MH
