How to cut people out of a picture?

Question

i have a picture with me and two other people in it so how do I cut out the other two people.I need a picture of just myself

Answer 1

If you are on a Mac I would recommend downloading SnapNDrag, its a simple screenshot tool. All you do is make a shaped box anywhere on the screen and it will take a picture of it. It saves time from having to use Photoshop, especially when all you are doing is just cropping the image.

I'm not familiar with PC programs so you might have to google something similar to it.

Answer 2

Photoshop is the best all-purpose photo editing program in graphic arts, and although it comes with a hefty price tag for the full version, you can get watered-down versions and packages that will do what you want for much less.

Try finding Photoshop elements at the links below. Also, if you are a student or work for a school, you can get software for a discount at journeyed.com.

Other photo editing programs are Fireworks, Corel Photopaint, Paint Shop, etc.

Basically when editing your photo, you have two options. Either crop the photo very close to your face so you don't get any parts of your friends in the resultant image, or you can edit the others out. Editing takes some patience and some practice. Although amazing effects can be achieved by master photo retouchers, you should be able to get something usable after a few tries with any of these programs.

As always, when trying a new program or learning new features, keep a copy of your digital image in a safe place on your hard drive or backup disk so if you mess up, you can always go back to the original.