Here you will learn how to extract images from their backgrounds using Adobe Photoshop CS2. This tutorial will be in four parts that fall under the same idea using four different techniques via using photoshop. You can also use other versions of photoshop. This tutorial was written by Crystal

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Extraction Part #1: Polygonal Lasso Tool Extraction

Tutorial written by Crystal

Instructions:

1. Start by choosing the image you want to extract.
This is the image I chose: [HERE].

2. Next zoom into an area of the image you want to extract.
I choose: [HERE].

3. Now select the Polygonal Lasso Tool: .Using the Polygonal Lasso Tool Select all the areas of the background avoiding the image itself.
Like this: [HERE].

4. When using the Polygonal Lasso Tool make sure to end at the point in which you started. Like this [HERE].

5. Once you end at the starting point the image should be
selected like [HERE].

6. Hit the Backspace button or Delete the selection and the image should look like this [HERE].

7. Do the same thing to the rest of the image and in the end you should have the finished image extracted from the background like [HERE].

8. That's it for extracting an image from a background
using the Polygonal Lasso Tool.

Before: [HERE] After: [HERE]

Tip*-. *Tip- You can use this technique for the entire image or just parts like this tutorial. If you want to save the image extraction remember to save it as a .png file.

Tutorial written by Crystal
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