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[Third Time Lucky]

Hi all

I want to crop someone out of a photo but get shut of that dark edge around
them.
Is there a tool to kind of make the edge of their sillouette blend in more
naturally?



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[Leo Lichtman]

"Third Time Lucky" wrote: I want to crop someone out of a photo but get
shut of that dark edge around

them. (clip)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A little clarification, please. Do you want to take someone from one
picture and seamlessly insert them in another picture? Or do you want to
take someone out of a picture, and make the hole disappear? Or do you want
to keep someone in the picture and get rid of all the other stuff, leaving
them in front of a plain background?

These options are all possible, but none of them by the use of a single
tool, as far as I know.

[Third Time Lucky]

Post by Leo Lichtman
"Third Time Lucky" wrote: I want to crop someone out of a photo but get
shut of that dark edge around

them. (clip)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A little clarification, please. Do you want to take someone from one
picture and seamlessly insert them in another picture? Or do you want to
take someone out of a picture, and make the hole disappear? Or do you
want to keep someone in the picture and get rid of all the other stuff,
leaving them in front of a plain background?
These options are all possible, but none of them by the use of a single
tool, as far as I know.

I want to take someone from a picture so I can save it with a transparent
background and then use it as a layer in another photo. My intention is to
do this with several pictures and them put them all together onto a nice
background if that makes any sense. A kind of life story of a person from a
child to an adult.



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[Leo Lichtman]

"Third Time Lucky" wrote: I want to take someone from a picture so I can
save it with a transparent

Post by Third Time Lucky
background and then use it as a layer in another photo. My intention is to
do this with several pictures and them put them all together onto a nice
background if that makes any sense. A kind of life story of a person from
a child to an adult.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The critical part of this process is selection, so that the figure can be
copied to a layer. My favorite tool for this is the Selection Brush, but I
often use it in combination with the Polygonal Lasso and the Magnetic Lasso.
Where the figure has hard edges it's pretty simple--where you'll run into
difficulties is where there is fluffy hair or fine detail in the
surroundings that overlap the figure. There are tools for doing this, but I
find them troublesome to use.

What you can do to eliminate this problem is include some of the original
background with the figure in the difficult areas, and create the background
in your composite picture to blend with this. Judicious use of the blur
tool will eliminate the hard edges that come with your selections.

I am sure there are other ways to cope with this situation, particularly for
those more skilled than I am, but I know I could do a pretty good job doing
it my way. The project sounds like a very friendly gesture--I hope it works
out well and is appreciated by one and all.