I"ve spent several days (reading/watching Utubes) trying to figure out how to make the background on this artwork transparent <sigh> I have a friend that usually does this for me (in another program) but, I really need to learn how to be self sufficent. Any help would sincerely be appreciated. Thank you!
The question Susie is do you want rectangle tin tin or do you want to cut out and blend the fluffy hair? This a sloppy 30 second job but can be done correctly if that's what you're looking for.
Why is this post under Corel Font Manager 2017? Too easy. Edit in Photopaint, use magic wand toll to select white, hit select same. Duplicate image in the layer manager, delete orig, hit delete key, close and save. Need to adjust just open in PP again and use the eraser tool to tweak edges.
I know it wasn't advertising I was simply mentioning that the success of these programs are directly related to the level of difficulty of the original image. Unfortunately the applications always show the results from an easy image in their advertising.
I'm playing around with several that have difficult back grounds to isolate. The key is that Akvis has the ability to select various colors before you erase the back ground and replace them afterwards. The interface is basically in two levels one a novice user and one advanced, Then novice is like Corel cut out done right, the other more complicated but more advanced with the end game.
These little diversions are how I up my game many times.
My main diversions tend to be more automation and layout oriented...which is my daily bread. I do have great fun recreating magazine covers and posters, a kind of "how would I do this" type of thing. But mainly I grab design/layout problems from various closed FB groups and forums and automate them.
I tend to pick problems that tickle my fancy, I used to do this stuff in Corel Knockout but it no longer runs in 64 bit Windows. Akvis knocks this stuff out in seconds and a real dollar job can take 30 minutes or more. The one above is going to kill me or make me stronger.
Photo Paint 2019
Also, other option:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAji4BL3vjk
Exactly what I said the problems start with using these features with real world photographs. My clients send me original images like I posted and have knockout concepts. That's fine because most times they have the budget.
"That's fine because most times they have the budget."
At my age and temperament it's best they only come to me if they have the budget. Th eoriginal, the second about 45 seconds the third about another 10 seconds. I can meld that in a bit better in maybe 3 more minutes. However by reducing the brush stroke most likely I'll not need to meld it in at all.
Here is the original and the first step, it took about 30 seconds, now the fun begins.
Well, with your low-res image, this was 5 minutes...
Now do it in color. The original is a color image as is the first rough cut out on top of black. My next step is to cut out the transparent areas under her arm, then finish the cutout, smooth out the transitions and place it on a color background.