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PSP Tutorials
Cutting Out The
Unwanted from a photograph
 It
does happen. You have a great photo but there is someone or something
in it that you would like gone. That ex husband or wife, or once good
friend, can be deleted with just a little work. Here we show the PSP technique
for photograph manipulation, deleting an unwanted part of a photo.
Let's get rid of someone! We will use this photo of 3 friends. Let's suppose that
the one in the middle had a fight with the other 2 young ladies, so she just has
to go. (If this is for real, don't be too hasty in throwing away the original
photograph. You could be friends again next week.)
What you
will actually do is cover the unwanted with one of the other girls. Therefore,
you will need to select the left or right hand friend and move her into
the middle position, on top of the unwanted.
Open
up your photograph and study the surrounds of how you can best get rid of the
unwanted. Look at their posture and the background and visualize exactly where
and what you will have to alter. This
is a 2 part tutorial. As we use extensive screenshots to explain the technique,
the tutorial was split to facilitate faster page loading. Follow the link after
Step 5 for part 2.
Let's begin. STEP
1 Zoom
in on the photo to make work easier by selecting the Magnifying Tool 
and left clicking on the image. STEP
2 Click
on the Freehand Lasso Tool 
and apply the settings;
Selection Type = Point to Point
Feather = 0
Antialias = Checked  STEP
3
You
will need to move the left friend into the middle. Draw
a selection around the left friend. Notice how the girl in the middle is taller
so taking a little of the background at the top with you will apply filling and
cover.
This can be trimmed to suit later, so you don't need to be exact
at this point.
 STEP
4
Go to Selections || Promote to Layer
Click
on the Mover Tool 
and shift the selection into the middle. Make sure you line up certain sections
such as the arm around the back of the girl on the right.
Deselect the
image. CTRL + D
 STEP
5
Click on the Freehand Lasso Tool
again and make a selection around the background portion that is covering part
of the "right" girls head.
When selected hit the Delete
Key to clear the selection and deselect the image. CTRL + D
Click
on Layers || Merge || Merge All Flatten
Click
here for part 2
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