I Need Help With Art Design

i am just a beginner but i wanna do some professional stuff can any one explain how i can take an image (a picture of a person) and edit it so i can put it on a different backround i am also wonder how to make pics have a kind of see thru look can any one help me out email me at [email]wmb@soon.com[/email]

Ok, I suggest that before you jump into doing the below steps, you acclamate yourself to photoshop a little beforehand, specifically how to duplicate layers, and also how to fill background layers. Google the words 'photoshop tutorials' and you'll find something.

Ok, if the picture is in black & white once you scan it, dupilcate the layer, then fill the background layer with white (or whichever color you want, for that matter, then change the blending mode of the layer your drawing is on to 'multiply'. Then, you can make whatever image you want to make under the drawing, and the black lines won't be effected.

Furthermore, I think this should've been posted in the techinques section, but that's ok, you're new here.

I look forward to seeing what you do with the tips, and welcome to the forum.

Pman, I think he might've been referring to extracting people from photos and "photoshopping" (wow I hate that word) them onto another background. Then again, you may be right on this one. :p

[QUOTE=Pganguly]Ok, if the picture is in black & white once you scan it, dupilcate the layer, then fill the background layer with white (or whichever color you want, for that matter, then change the blending mode of the layer your drawing is on to 'multiply'. Then, you can make whatever image you want to make under the drawing, and the black lines won't be effected.[/QUOTE]

There's a much more cleaner way using Channels. Once you scan in the line drawing, adjust the whiteness of the paper using whatever method you're comfortable with -- this could be Levels, Curves, Histogram(?) or Brightness/Contrast. Invert the image, and cut & paste it into a new Channel, load the Channel's selection and just fill with the line color of your choice. This can knock out the paper from line art while preserving the original lines, as well as being able to have the outline only. Having using the Multipy method won't let you knock out the background around the drawing. If you're having a hard time understanding what I'm saying (I do, too, sometimes as well), I'll just whip up a quick example.

As for the other interpretation of your question, there are several ways of extracting people from photos, but, to keep the forums clean and uncluttered with the same technique explain countless times, I suggest you search the forums, google "extract people photoshop" or something along that line or take a look into the tutorials thread in the Resources section of the forums (located conviniently under the Misc. section).

Select > Color Range > Click white, click OK, press delete

That's what makes photoshop so great (and exasperating to learn) because there's so many ways to accomplish the same effect.

Um, as for the other idea,:
[quote=!mo0chan!]As for the other interpretation of your question, there are several ways of extracting people from photos, but, to keep the forums clean and uncluttered with the same technique explain countless times, I suggest you search the forums, google "extract people photoshop" or something along that line or take a look into the tutorials thread in the Resources section of the forums (located conviniently under the Misc. section).[/quote]He's right, there's really no 'quick' way to accomplish the effect you're after. In most cases, you'll have to trace the figure, in some manner or another, in order to accomplish the removal of a figure from a background image.

My suggestion is to lasso the figure, then feather the outline (ctrl + alt + D) choose like 8 pixels, then click OK. You should be able to specifically duplicate the image onto it's own layer (click Layers > Layer Via Copy). Now you can do pretty much whatever you want to the background.

But also, that's the really shorthand way of doing it, but there is no 'one click' method, so the best bet is to look through the help section.

Oh yeah, the above is the process for a photograph, or a full color image. For a black and white pencil or pen drawing, the process I explained in my last post still stands.