Cropping subject from background?

[ptred]

Is there anyway I can distinguish a subject (eg. car) from the background efficiently using PS? Tedious oso nvm...

I tried zooming in and erasing the background manually, but the edges turn out jagged. Used masking but the boundary gets chipped off. :cry:

Trying to do a jpeg of my passport photo for keeps, as well as online submission of documents.

 

[dkw]

Roughly "Magnetic Lasso--> Copy --> New Layer --> Paste"? Check out the Digital Darkroom section for the experts' advice, I ain't very good at PS either.

Cheers,

 

[GitS]

thers an extract command in ps.....

 

[ortega]

It depends on the subject and the background, some are easy, while others takes hours. Sometimes it is easier to re shoot on a white background.

 

[Amekaze]

For well defined edges, use the pen tool. It can allow for very precise selections. As for edges like hair, fur, etc... Extract would be a better choice. With the pen tool, selections will come out crisp and sharp... so you may want to do a feather (1-3 pixels will be fine). Alternatively, you can use the blur tool to blur the hard edges too.

 

[ptred]

Thanks all for the advice. Looks much better now.