Extracting foreground image from photograph

[kerberus]

Hello. I have many photos of the busts/heads of statues that I would like to extract to follow the outline of the head/bust to then use to create a transparent .png file for use in graphics projects. Can PSP do this? How? I see that the default setting for a photograph is a single background layer; do you create a duplicate layer and then what?

Thank you for your help.

[df]

Which version of PSP are you using?

In X, X1, X2, X3, X4, and likely quite a few other versions there's the background eraser. Click the down triangle/arrow on the eraser tool and choose the background eraser. Levi Fiction has made a video tutorial http://www.youtube.com/user/LeviFiction ... RgHaVMxgEY

[LeviFiction]

Version X3 and X4 have an object extractor option as well. It's not perfect but works well for some images.

[kerberus]

Thank you.

Now I have another question: After I have manually removed the background there are still little pixel-bits all over the place that the erase tool didn't erase; is is possible to extract the object that is in the foreground and drop it into another file so that the background pixel remants are not part of the transparent .png file?

[teknisyan]

Yes, you can use the selection tool. The best way to do this is to use the option FREE HAND SELECTION > SELECTION TYPE (point-to-point or free hand) then just outline the object on the foreground that you want to transfer.