Nick Wilson wrote:
Hi everyone,

Im selecting a subject (my sister) from her background, for use as a
transparent jpg on a webpage. Here is the pic so far:
http://www.stylesheet.org/2.jpg

I know i need to replace quite a few pixels that got inadvertently
transparentized (?) but my question is this: I have roughly used the
eraser to get as near to the body as possible. Is there a tool that will
help me get closer?


Ideally, i'd like to have the edges soft, but im a total novice at
graphic design (cant u tell? ;-) and could really use a little push in
the right direction.

btw, hard edges are fine if they will look good, the only thing that
really matters is that it looks great on a webpage. My thanks....

Hi Nick,

I think the following tutorial corresponds more or less to what you want to achieve.
http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/ReplaceForeground/


The problem of loosing pixels you had with you dog and with your sister would be easily avoided if:

1- You always work on a copy (thus you can get the lost data back).

2- You use either the layer mask or the quickmask, as I explained yesterday. The eraser is definitely not the good tool for what you want.

Best regards,

Olivier.

PS: Your sister looks great! (forgive me, I am French ;) )

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