Photoshop Buffs Help Please

[blackwolf]

Here's the first picture I editted.

I'm trying my hand at the second one you posted, in the green yard. I will see how I go with that one. The fur is a real killer and with such a background of the red jacket it is a bit yech IMO.

ETA:

This one was a little easier with there being the one colour of the grass, but as you can see, the dog's feet are missing in a sea of green.

Being able to manipulate the picture into what you want always depends on the source. You could crop this grassy one, but as a result you would also be chopping off the dog's gorgeous fluffy tail.

The ideal placement to make erasing the background infinitely easier and to avoid losing any parts (like the tail or the feet disappearing in the grass) is to have a single coloured background (the grass works great and you have a colour to start with to make erasing your background easier) and to have your subject standing on a path - or failing that, a piece of plywood. Anything to stop them from "sinking" into the grass.

Edited February 28, 2008 by blackwolf

[ShesaLikeableBiBear]

Sheesh blackwolf, that's awesome

Perhaps one day I may be more proficient ;)

[blackwolf]

Sheesh blackwolf, that's awesome

Perhaps one day I may be more proficient ;)

LOL. Glad you like them!

End results I can achieve now have come from a lot of time, a lot of practice and a lot of patience.