Swamphunter Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 How can you take an image of a person out of a photo without the background. Like for a cardboard cutout of them?? What tool do I use?? Thanks Swampy Like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAstringking Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Photoshop help whats your plan? lol you can use the magic wand tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Photoshop help I think you can use the Magnetic Lasso. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkay Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Photoshop help Doing a "knock-out" can be very time consuming. Unless you do it every day, plan on a long project. The magic wand will work sometimes, provided the background is all the same color and there isn't any of that color in the subject. Before you statr, make positive you have an original saved. For the large stuff, I use the eraser. Then gradually blow up the image using a smaller and smaller eraser till you get about every last pixel of the background. When I need knock-outs, I hire some one else to do them. It costs me on average about $30 a pic. Once you are finished, remember to save the clipping path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Photoshop help I do it by hand in my program. It's called "The select by Freehand" feature. But I'm using MGI Photosuite SE Sometimes I have to blow it up afterward and rebuild the outline pixel by pixel to soften the hard edges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need2hunt Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Photoshop help I rarely use the magic wand because it usually gives a rough edge. I also don't usually go the eraser route unless it's just for something quick I am doing to put on here. I usually make a path, that way the lines are smooth and i can save my path for later use. I can also save it as a clipping path to drop out the background without having to erase it. Billkay let me know if you ever need help on doing knock-outs I wouldn't mind picking up a little extra work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkay Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: Photoshop help "Billkay let me know if you ever need help on doing knock-outs I wouldn't mind picking up a little extra work." Will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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