how do you cut out the backround of a digital photo you have taken just leaving the image?

Answer 1

draw a mask (outline) around it, and select invert selection, and use an eraser to get rig of the background, or, mask and cut, and paste as new layer into any other photo, or create new from clipboard

and crop just means trim the edges..

Answer 2

Obviously, you'll need a photo editing program, the most common being Photoshop, although GIMP (www.gimp.org) is a decent free alternative. Doing good masking by hand takes some effort- there are several programs and photoshop plug-ins which can do it almost automatically (for instance, Corel Knockout), although they can be expensive.

To do it in Photoshop, you'll first want to copy the photo to a new layer, add a layer mask, then fill the background layer with a single color that contrasts with the image. if the background is mostly one color, the simplest way to start is to use the magic wand tool to select the background, then delete the area from the mask. After that, use the brush tool on the layer mask to correct any details, and the polygonal lasso if you need straight edges.

If the wand tool gives bad results (it usually will, unless you took the photo with masking specifically in mind), try pasting the image into a new document, then using filters and adjustments to create as much contrast as possible between the background and the area you want to mask (the replace color adjustment is particularly useful here). Once the contrast is high, desaturate the image, and continue to use adjustments until the background is black and the foreground is white (try not to oversharpen the border, but if you do lose the antialiasing, use the filter diffuse>ansitrophic, then increase the contrast with the brightness/contrast adjustment). Finally, use the brush and the polygonal lasso to correct the details of the mask, and past it into the layer mask of the origonal photo.

I believe that should work with Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and the GIMP.

Answer 3

Try Photoshop software or similar where you can trace around the part of the image you want to keep then erase the background, and if you want, replace it with a background of your choice. You sometimes also get free photo editing software with your camera that enables you to do this, such as "ArcSoft" software. Of course you will have to have the picture on your computer ready first, but once you have the correct software it is rather straightforward to do, and there should always be a "Help" icon to guide you if you are unsure, I don't know of any actual camera that allows you to do this without using your computer and appropriate software but prehaps some of the more expensive types have this function, hope that helps.

Answer 4

Some editing programs have something called a lasso, there are two kinds, a regular, and the magnetic kind. The regular lets you just freehand draw a complete loop, (say, around your object), and the magnetic kind automatically tries to attach to the border of the item you click on as you drag it around. Maybe if you have those features you could try those. After you have the item surrounded by the lasso, cut or copy the lassoed image, and past it to a new document. Hope this helps. : D

Answer 5

Like people are saying use photoshop - BUT dont use the magnetic selection its fiddly to set up and will give a hard edge, use the extract feature which creates an accurate mask which you can then feather to produce a smooth outline.

Go to yahoo and do a search for photoshop learning, theres plenty of sites out there that offer good advice on photoshop tricks.

Answer 6

the reason behind it really is because a) the flash went off and the effortless contemplated off the glass. b) there became some thing brilliant reflecting off the glass once you took the shot. answer: a) manually turn off flash or have flash on yet do no longer take the shot face on (in case you're taking at an attitude the flash effortless will reflect in yet another course and not in any respect at your digicam) b) flow the image or your attitude so as that the organic effortless reflecting does no longer look on your shot.

Answer 7

Hi, I recommand you to try google picasa.

picasa is a Google's photo software. It's what should've come with your camera.

It can Edit , organise and Share you picture and small video flips.

It's very easy to use and is free, just like Google

Download it free in here:

http://www.bernanke.cn/google-picasa/

Good Luck!

Answer 8

Photoshop can do this quite easily - just use the magnetic lassoo tool.

Answer 9

If you up load it onto you r PC, stick it into 'PAINT' programm, then do some erasing on the paint clip board :)

Answer 10

There is an option there called crop