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[shadyDW]

Can anyone here tell me what's the best way to delete the entire background of

 

an image leaving just the image, and what software can I use for this process?

[Hockeypuck]

Anything like Photoshop should do it. Use the "lasso" (am I saying that right?) tool to select what you want to keep and crop it. Or, you can select what you don't want and hit the delete key to get rid of it.

 

Programs I know of:

Photoshop

Paint Shop Pro

GIMP (If you use Linux...)

[TCH-Don]

If you are using Photoshop or paintshop pro you can use a layer mask to paint out the background non-destructivly.

 

This way you can easily undo a slip by reversing the mask color and paint it back on.

Black will let the layer below show through, and white covers the layer below.

If you use a soft brush, it will blend the edges with the layer below.

[natimage]

Photoshop 6 also has a background eraser tool that I found recently. Used it and loved it!!! I don't know if it is in earlier versions or not.

 

Tracy

[shadyDW]

Thanks a lot to all....

[TCH-Don]

This is just a quick example of using a layer mask

to non-destructivly erase a background.