[Gimp-user] remove background

2005-02-21 Thread Arvid Böttiger
I have some pictures here: http://www.fys.ku.dk/~arvid/ and I would like 
to remove the background so I can copy/paste the persons into another 
picture.
But how do I do that when the background contains a lot of coulors - 
like here: http://www.fys.ku.dk/~arvid/M4110102.JPG

thanks in advance
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Re: [Gimp-user] remove background

2005-02-21 Thread Eric Pierce
Well, you've got your work cut out for you on the frizzy hair guys, but I've 
had some success using Filters-Colors-Decompose for frizzy haired 
individuals.  Go with RGB separation.  I then pick the layer with the best 
contrast between the hair and the background and massage that into a mask.  The 
rest of the person can be cut out fairly cleanly using paths (and then path to 
selection once path is created).  Once again, stick this into your mask.

On non-frizzy haired individuals (ex. M4110016.JPG), I'd go paths all the way.

Obviously, I'm leaving out a lot of the step details, but let us know if/where 
you get stuck if you need more explanation.

EP
On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 09:17:40PM +, Arvid Böttiger wrote:
 I have some pictures here: http://www.fys.ku.dk/~arvid/ and I would like 
 to remove the background so I can copy/paste the persons into another 
 picture.
 But how do I do that when the background contains a lot of coulors - 
 like here: http://www.fys.ku.dk/~arvid/M4110102.JPG
 
 thanks in advance
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