Image Extraction - PhotoCamel

chucklyman · 01-25-2008

Help! Im in the process of learning how to remove one image from a photo and drop it into a blank background. Please! Can anyone out there give me a quick lesson on the process?

zero rc · 01-25-2008

is the pic of people or a thing. with people the hardest parts to move are hair. instead of actually cutting away the pizels, may i sugest using a mask instead. that way once you drop in your new Background you can then refine the edges by painting in Blk/Wht. use your fav selection tool to rough out the image then hit the Q' key to enter quick mask mode. the image will turn red, then paint in blk (it will look red) or white to fine tune things.

RobertM · 01-25-2008

A fabulous resource for extraction is Katrin Eismann's illustrated method, Photoshop Masking & Compositing. Extractions can be handled using a variety of tools and methods and she covers them all, from simple basic extractions to the complex. This is not a quick read however, but will definately show you how to select the best tools/methods for your task at hand. Russle Brown has created some video tutorials which deal with extraction, and Photoshop CS3 has a very good extraction tool. There are tutorials available for that too.
Take your time to learn the benefits of masking and applying multiple tools for selection/extraction and start with something easy to learn the basics.
...wishing you good luck.

chucklyman · 01-26-2008

Thank you both for your quick remarks. They should help very much.

jfrancho · 01-28-2008

Learning the pen tool to create paths will go a long way for you.

haraki74 · 01-28-2008

I have had great success working from this tutorial, step by step process that works! You can find it here.

chucklyman · 01-28-2008

Thanks so much for all the help everyone. Now its time to learn.

chucklyman · 01-28-2008

thanks everyone for the help. I have been able to remove the subject from a background now but the next question is: How do I save that subject and drop it into another photo?

jfrancho · 01-28-2008

Open the source image and the destination image, and simply drag and drop with the move tool. You will want that on its own layer so you can resize and move it around on the background.

chucklyman · 01-29-2008

thanks everyone for all your great help.

01-25-2008	#1 (permalink)
chucklyman Dromedary Location: Rockford Illinois Posts: 1,732 CamelKarma: 178 Editing OK?: Ask first Gallery \| Blog	Image Extraction Help! Im in the process of learning how to remove one image from a photo and drop it into a blank background. Please! Can anyone out there give me a quick lesson on the process? __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member on PhotoCamel - Your Friendly Photo Forum, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.
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01-25-2008	#2 (permalink)
zero rc Llama Location: so cal baby Posts: 756 CamelKarma: 276 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Image Extraction is the pic of people or a thing. with people the hardest parts to move are hair. instead of actually cutting away the pizels, may i sugest using a mask instead. that way once you drop in your new Background you can then refine the edges by painting in Blk/Wht. use your fav selection tool to rough out the image then hit the Q' key to enter quick mask mode. the image will turn red, then paint in blk (it will look red) or white to fine tune things.

01-25-2008	#3 (permalink)
RobertM Alpaca Location: Canada Posts: 36 CamelKarma: 38 Editing OK?: Ask first Gallery \| Blog	Re: Image Extraction A fabulous resource for extraction is Katrin Eismann's illustrated method, Photoshop Masking & Compositing. Extractions can be handled using a variety of tools and methods and she covers them all, from simple basic extractions to the complex. This is not a quick read however, but will definately show you how to select the best tools/methods for your task at hand. Russle Brown has created some video tutorials which deal with extraction, and Photoshop CS3 has a very good extraction tool. There are tutorials available for that too. Take your time to learn the benefits of masking and applying multiple tools for selection/extraction and start with something easy to learn the basics. ...wishing you good luck.
	__________________ Warm regards, Robert www.pbase.com/robert_m_mcfarlane

01-26-2008	#4 (permalink)
chucklyman Dromedary Location: Rockford Illinois Posts: 1,732 CamelKarma: 178 Editing OK?: Ask first Gallery \| Blog	Re: Image Extraction Thank you both for your quick remarks. They should help very much.
	__________________ CL Digital Expressions: Chuck Lyman -Photographer. Located in Rockford Illinois. All comments welcome on photos! Using: Olympus E-300

01-28-2008	#5 (permalink)
jfrancho Camel Breath Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 11,439 CamelKarma: 3070 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	Re: Image Extraction Learning the pen tool to create paths will go a long way for you.
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01-28-2008	#6 (permalink)
haraki74 Alpaca Location: Texas Posts: 24 CamelKarma: 32 Editing OK?: Yes Gallery \| Blog	Re: Image Extraction I have had great success working from this tutorial, step by step process that works! You can find it here.

01-28-2008	#7 (permalink)
chucklyman Dromedary Location: Rockford Illinois Posts: 1,732 CamelKarma: 178 Editing OK?: Ask first Gallery \| Blog	Re: Image Extraction Thanks so much for all the help everyone. Now its time to learn.
	__________________ CL Digital Expressions: Chuck Lyman -Photographer. Located in Rockford Illinois. All comments welcome on photos! Using: Olympus E-300

01-28-2008	#8 (permalink)
chucklyman Dromedary Location: Rockford Illinois Posts: 1,732 CamelKarma: 178 Editing OK?: Ask first Gallery \| Blog	Re: Image Extraction thanks everyone for the help. I have been able to remove the subject from a background now but the next question is: How do I save that subject and drop it into another photo?
	__________________ CL Digital Expressions: Chuck Lyman -Photographer. Located in Rockford Illinois. All comments welcome on photos! Using: Olympus E-300

01-28-2008	#9 (permalink)
jfrancho Camel Breath Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 11,439 CamelKarma: 3070 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	Re: Image Extraction Open the source image and the destination image, and simply drag and drop with the move tool. You will want that on its own layer so you can resize and move it around on the background.
	__________________ ¿ <°)))))><

01-29-2008	#10 (permalink)
chucklyman Dromedary Location: Rockford Illinois Posts: 1,732 CamelKarma: 178 Editing OK?: Ask first Gallery \| Blog	Re: Image Extraction thanks everyone for all your great help. __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member on PhotoCamel - Your Friendly Photo Forum, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.
	__________________ CL Digital Expressions: Chuck Lyman -Photographer. Located in Rockford Illinois. All comments welcome on photos! Using: Olympus E-300

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