How to Remove Background from Photo 2

[Radneys99]

I have a picture thats a head to toe shot of a friend, I was wondering how I could completely remove the background and completely isolate the image of my friend from the photo. I ultimately want an image of her entire body, with a white background. Thanks!

 

[vacunita]

you could use the laso tool in point to point mode, and just very carefully outline her body. the just cut her out and paste her onto a white background.

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[ChrisHunt]

You need to make a selection around your friend. As Vacunita says, you could use the lasso tool. If she's standing in front of a fairly plain background, it may be easier to select the background with the magic wand and then invert it.

A technique I sometimes use to make fiddly selections is to use the lasso/smart edge/magic wand/whatever to make a crude selection.

Then I create a new layer and flood-fill the selection with a bold colour (red is good) - it will cover up most of your friend. Then I get rid of the selection, adjust the opacity of the layer to about 50% so the picture shows through, and use the brush and the eraser to tweak the red area until it's a pixel-perfect match with what I want to select.

Finally I use the magic wand to select the red area, and switch layers so it's selecting the picture instead (you can get rid of the red mask layer at this point, or just make it invisible.

Once you've got a good selection, you should "feather" it slightly to avoid getting jagged edges. You'll find that in the selection>modify menu.

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[Radneys99]

Thanks guys, your suggestions were great!