Full Version: Removing background from a photo
From: Webquest [#1]
29 Aug 2006
To: ALL
Hi all,
I use Corel X3 pretty extensively but mostly for mundane tasks. I have a job that requires removal of the background around a portrait of a person and I'm ashamed to say I don't know where to start. Can anyone give me quick instructions of how to do so, or point me to where I might find some kind of tutorial? Of course it's a rush job so I need to figure it out fast.
Thanks so much!
From: Funkmeister (FUNKY) [#2]
29 Aug 2006
To: Webquest [#1] 29 Aug 2006
how big is the file? I usually use photoshop. I you want send me the file pm and let me take a look. I could clean this up in about 30 minutes.
If you want i can take alook at it. I free for the next hour.
From: Webquest [#3]
29 Aug 2006
To: Funkmeister (FUNKY) [#2] 29 Aug 2006
Funky,
I really appreciate the offer but I couldn't impose on you like that! The DIY part of me really wants to figure this out so I can accept these kinds of jobs with more confidence in the future. I'm a pretty quick study, but just not sure where to start and I don't want to learn the "wrong" way or a way that takes a lot more time than it needs to take.
From: logojohn [#4]
29 Aug 2006
To: Webquest [#1] 29 Aug 2006
Select the photo, then from the menu, effects, powerclip, place inside container.
You get a bold arrow and point it to the outline you have drawn.
If you want to change it, you can extract the whole photo as it did not alter the original photo.
The other alternative is take it to corel photopaint. Draw a mask around it, invert to get the background and fill it with white. It helps to smooth feather the edge if you don't want a sharp cut like around a face.
If you do it all the time there is something called knockout that people have talked about.
.
From: Funkmeister (FUNKY) [#5]
29 Aug 2006
To: Webquest [#3] 29 Aug 2006
From: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#6]
29 Aug 2006
To: Webquest [#1] 29 Aug 2006
This Cutout Lab feature is a huge timesaver when removing backgrounds.
EDITED: 29 Aug 2006 by DATAKES
From: Webquest [#7]
29 Aug 2006
To: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#6] 29 Aug 2006
From: gingem [#8]
29 Aug 2006
To: ALL
From: Zelmon [#9]
30 Aug 2006
To: Webquest Unread
Simon Cork
Sheffield
Hindsight is a word you fully understand 'Later in life.....
EDITED: 31 Aug 2006 by ZELMON