Need help with Oval selection tool.

Ok, I'm trying to convert my barmitzvah album to jpeg so it can be displayed in a photo frame. To do this I've scanned each page at home and put them on CD because I have to go to the library to use Photoshop.

(before anyone says I violated copyright by scanning professional photos without permission 1) The photography studio no longer exists, 2) Photos were made prior to 1989 and do not have the required copyright information per this notice.)

Originally I was going to just scan each page and be done with it but due to the size of the pages and the scanners I have access to I would have to do two passes and stitch them together. When I tried doing that the subjects of the photos lined up but not the background so now I want to remove the background.

I had no problem with some pictures but the one is the first I've had an issue with. Using the Magic Extractor it takes out almost all of the background see this image which is left from the original.

I've tried using the oval tool to select the inner part but can't get it lined up correctly. Where should I be starting from?

Hi Manny,

Because of that definate oval edge you have there, I would use the magnetic lasso tool to select it there - maybe after selecting, you can feather a bit.

Looks to me like the fastest option in this case.
Regards
Leon

Leon.Theron thanks for the advise. I'm come to the relization after spending a half hour on it that my mouse is not percise enough for what I need so I ended up keeping part of the background but imho it looks cleaner now see

Looks fine the way you've done that now!!!

hi Manny,
there many ways to do this...., why not use the magic wand.... I just used it on your picture... i made a duplicate layer, then adj tolerance to about 10-15... then selected the green area and deleted .... just a little bit of cleaning up... but your left with a nice smooth edge on that oval...

MannyLNJ said:

Ok, I'm trying to convert my barmitzvah album to jpeg so it can be displayed in a photo frame. To do this I've scanned each page at home and put them on CD because I have to go to the library to use Photoshop.

(before anyone says I violated copyright by scanning professional photos without permission 1) The photography studio no longer exists, 2) Photos were made prior to 1989 and do not have the required copyright information per this notice.)

Originally I was going to just scan each page and be done with it but due to the size of the pages and the scanners I have access to I would have to do two passes and stitch them together. When I tried doing that the subjects of the photos lined up but not the background so now I want to remove the background.

I had no problem with some pictures but the one is the first I've had an issue with. Using the Magic Extractor it takes out almost all of the background see this image which is left from the original.

I've tried using the oval tool to select the inner part but can't get it lined up correctly. Where should I be starting from?