I wonder if someone could give me a very simple walk through on what I think should be a simple task? One of the great problems with all software documentation is that while it may tell you what everything does, it doesn't tell you how to do it!
I have a photograph of my dog. I want to cut out the head from the background, convert it to a monochrome illustration/pen&ink effect which I can then have available as a jpeg or png to paste wherever I want
Guidance on cutting out head from background
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Welcome to the forums,
You can do this using the Lasso selection tool, or use the Object>Extract Object, in versions 11 through X3.
LASSO TOOL:
You can do this using the Lasso selection tool, or use the Object>Extract Object, in versions 11 through X3.
LASSO TOOL:
- Go to the Toolbar, and click on the Standard Selection to open the fly-out menu. Select the Lasso tool.
- On the Properties bar, check the Smart Lasso. You may also want to change the Area to Consider (which is a sensitivity setting), if you find that it is not clinging to the edge of your head.
- I find starting at the top of the area I'm going to use better, click once to place a point/node.
- Start moving around the edge of the area (head), keeping your cursor slightly overlapping the head and background. You should see the Lasso magnetically clinging to the outline of the head. Again if it is not, adjust the Area to Consider, decrease if it is considering too wide an area.
- Click occasionally to place additional nodes, especially along curved areas.
- When you reach your starting point again, place your cursor over your start node and double click. Now you have your selection.
- Go to Selection>Convert to Object. You may need to clean up jaggies around the edge. Once that is done you're ready to save your object to a separate image.
- Click on the Eye icon for your Base Image Layer in the Layer Manager, to hide the base image (background).
- Go to Web menu, Image Optimizer. You should receive a prompt asking if you want to use the Entire Image or Selected Objects. Choose Selected Objects. In the Image Optimizer choose either PNG, or GIF as the format to utilize the Transparency for the background.
- Give it name and you're done..
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