I need an easy tutorial

[tmfan43]

I'm trying to take one subject out of a photo and place them in another. Is there a tutorial on how to do this?

[Wendy]

Hi ...

Try this:

Select the lasso tool (just the ordinary one)
Set it to "Add to" (those little boxes up at the top of the screen ..hover your cursor above them and you will see the one I mean)
Zoom in very close using the zoom tool (it looks like a little magnifying glass) and start your selection.
Just go round the edge a little at a time and then do a sort of circle inside the person to join up to the beginning of the selection.
Now you can pause for a moment before continuing ..
To continue just start again and you will see that you are adding to the selection.

When you have gone all the way round stop and check your selection. Make sure that all of the person is selected.
If you have parts that need a little more adding in the use "Add to Selection" ... but if you need to remove a little then change over to "Subtract from Selection". Do this until you are happy with it.

Now do Edit>Copy then Edit>Paste
and you will have the person on their own layer
You can then add a new background behind them.

To put them into a new image just do the Edit>Copy part then open up the new image and do Edit>Paste.

The next stage is make them fit into the new image ... if you need help with that them just ask :)

Wendy

[tmfan43]

Perfect! Thanks Wendy.

[Wendy]

You are most welcome ... if you need any more help then just ask :)

Wendy