Too late.
I had a pro-photographer friend of mine do the shoot. He's unavailable
for editing the shot right now...
I was hoping to put together a crude shot that I can use now.
Ah, Well...
Vince Teachout wrote:
Chet Gardiner wrote:
I'm trying to "extract" the actual image from the picture by removing
the background.
I don't know what to call it. I've been through the documentation
(RTFM) and tried a few things that sounded like they "might" be what
I need, but they weren't.
In one photo program I used they were called "sprites" and I could
layer the sprites and make a new photo. That's what I'm trying to do
but I can't figure out how to select the "meat" of the photo and
discard the background -- or make the background completely
transparent? I just don't know...
Does this make sense to anyone???
I did something similar a few years ago for our family Christmas
photo. I shot us against an orange background, and then used Gimp set
orange to be transparent, then layered our photo over a variety of
photos shot in our snow covered backyard. (Don't say it - the problem
would have been getting everyone together at the same time after the
snow had fallen, and before the dogs had tracked it up.) I think you
may have erred in choosing white. It's very commonly in a lot of
things. You want to chose something that's not likely to be in the
picture, so that when you make it transparent, you don't leave a
"hole" in your subject. Although, that can be fun sometimes.
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