I've been using photoshop (cs3) for a while now, but I'm starting to get into some more advanced work lately. I just want to know the best way to seperate part of an image from the rest and put it into another pic. Thanks in advance.
Yeah, but that doosn't delete the the backround of the other image. That way I would have to sit there forever using the eraser, constantly having to redo things after making mistakes, which would be a lot because that is a pretty crappy method.
You could do this many ways but I think I know what you mean. I would use the "quick select tool" and mess around with the brush sizes. Just go over the area to make it a selection then hit "cut" or "copy". Any more questions you can pm me I use cs3 also.
I tried that, but the image I'm trying to seperate is a car (A Nissan 370z to be specific) and that won't include the headlights. Anyone know any other techniques?
Oh, if you want to get rid of the background, you have to use the quick selection tool or the magic want then you delete the background. Make sure you double click the thing to the right that says background with the lock
Well, when I use the quick selection tool on the car, it wont get the headlights and sometimes gets a part of the background, and if I use it on the backround, it takes part of the car's roof. GRRRR!
I would suggest using the pen tool to outline the body of the car, then convert the path to a selection, then take the lasso tool and feather the edge by a number of pixels that is proportionate to the size of the stock, and roughly select the light coming from the headlights with that. Then, simply Ctrl+Shift+I and delete. If you don't want to permanently remove the background, instead of selecting the inverse and deleting, just keep the selection of the car, click on the layer (if it is the background, convert it into a layer), and then apply a layer mask.
Here it is. I just got it off google images, and since I'm too lazy and tired to go to photobucket, I'm sorry its not embeded.
Wow, that is even easier than what I thought you were trying to do... Really, like I said before, just use the Pen Tool to make a path around the car, and convert the path into a selection.
its incapable of creating sharp corners. unless you are talking of the freeform pen tool which might as well be the lasso tool.
The pen tool is very easy to use, and as BWC said, it is the best option for this sort of work. Just as an aside, you use the "Convert Point" tool to create sharp corners, or, if you want a very sharp rounded edge, simply Alt-click and drag the orientation-handles of the point so that they converge in a point.