dumb question about cutting a pic and adding it..

[moe13]

ok so i have a class assignment due this monday... and i need BIG help...

i have an old version of photoimpact... 7

so anyways i have 2 pics, one of myself and one of a baseball player, i wanna cut my face off of my pic and attach it to the pic of the baseball player... anyone know how? thanks for any help

[keenart]

You can use the Mask Tool, Lasso, or Magic Want tool to select the object you want to cut and paste. Once that is accomplished you then paste into the second image and soften the edge to blend.

I do not have 7, but in PI 6 owners guide page 59 to 61 tells all.
Otherwise, press the F1 key and call the Help Menu and do a search for the Mask tool.

Here is what the Help file says about Mask Mode in PI11.

Masking is a process where changes are applied to a selected area of an image, while the rest of the image is masked or protected from those changes. Masking an image provides a flexible, more creative way of making selections, where you can apply any combination of Text, Path, Paint, and Fill Tools, as well as various degrees of transparency to unmasked selections to transform them into complex selections.

Masking is particularly useful for selecting portions of the image that are not distinguishable from the background. A typical use for the Mask Mode is to select portions of images that you cut out and paste into another image to create a collage. Also, since Mask Mode has transparency options, it lets you blend more effectively one image object with another.

Note: Mask Mode can only be used with RGB and 8-bit Grayscale images.

Mask Mode basically operates on a Grayscale buffer, which means that you make selections based on tonal values of the Grayscale. When in Mask Mode, you will only be able to access Grayscale values in the color palette. Each tonal value in the grayscale buffer represents a combination of two things: degree of transparency and selection area status. Selecting white results in 0% selection transparency, while black results in 100% transparency (meaning that there's no selection). A gray value represents partial selection, or a selection with partial transparency. Keep in mind that when you paint on the mask itself, areas that you paint with black will become the default white mask, while areas that you paint on with white will completely penetrate the mask to reveal the image underneath.

[sjj1805]

Use the extract option.
for a tutorial please click this link:
http://www.ulead.co.uk/learning/pi/pi10_04_1.htm