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suluci
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September 24, 2013
Question

How to cut out an image and save

  • September 24, 2013
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Hello,

Help! Can anyone tell me step by step instructions on how to cut an image and leave the background behind, and save just the image with no background??

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Roz304144059e29
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June 10, 2023

Oh my days. I have been searching for an answer to this qyery for weeks.  use delete,use cut, whatever I do it keeps the white around the image.  Now I find it's as simple as falling off a log (possibly simpler!)  Thank you sooo much.  It has saved my sanity!!

 

 

Greg_S.
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Greg_S.Community Expert
Community Expert
May 9, 2022

@mikeh26609914, you have posted in a very old discussion that covers multiple subjects.  I suggest you start a new discussion describing the exact issue you are having problems with.

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NidhiSachdevaCommunity Manager
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January 17, 2020

You can use Guided Edit "Replace background" under Special Edits for this.

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    cats4jan
    Participating Frequently
    September 24, 2013

    *Use one of the selection tools to isolate the image from the photograph -

    *Put the selection on it's own layer by using command j/control j while the marching ants are still active -

    *Turn off the original layer (this will let you see your selection) and also allow you to save only the selection -

    *Save as a png with a new name. 

    In order to maintain transparency around the item, it must be saved as a png. 

    When you save a selection as a jpg, the surrounding area fills in with white and you are back to square one.

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      suluciAuthor
      Participant
      September 24, 2013

      Thanks for your reply; I'm afraid I wasn't clear on what I was trying to do. I place my sand dollars (which I paint) on white poster board to take the photo, which is grey when I upload the photos to the computer. So, I go to photo elements 11, and from "file", I click on "open" to retrieve the photo. Then I used the Selection Tool to isolate the image, and at that point I am not sure what to do next. I tried control + C, then went to File - New, but when I pressed Control + V, the image disappeared into a sea of white and grey blocks. I also tried using the magnetic lasso to capture the image, but again, I wasn't able to remove the grey background. As a note, I want to use the images on my website, but with no background color; just solid white.

      Thanks again.

      mytaxsite
      mytaxsite
      Inspiring
      September 27, 2013

      cats4jan wrote:

       

      suggesting they use white to denote transparency, will send them off a cliff.

       

      I never made that as a suggestion. Although it may be what mytax had done and explain his image.

       

      Note though there can be benefits to setting transparency to a solid, contrasting, colour when making complex cut-outs. Kind of like a manual quick mask if you don't want to use the normal Quick Mask.

       

      Cheers,
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      Neale
      Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children 


      nealeh wrote:

      I never made that as a suggestion. Although it may be what mytaxsite.co.uk had done and explain his image.


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      Neale
      Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children

      I did it to contradict whoever said that "the gray and white checkerboard denotes transparency".  This is not always true though most people have accepted it as standard.

      It seems Insanity has been inherited here out of nothing through this post.  Time to move on boys.  There are other problems still to be resolved; MVPs and Adobe Staff alone can't handle all of them so you guys can contribute in whatever you can.

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