How would you extract her?

This is a picture of LuLu from Final Fantasy X..
I love this picture of her and I want to do a wallpaper..
Only problem is, I can't seem to get her out of this picture good enough to continue.. What would you experts do?

http://phar0ah.hypermart.net/lulu-ffx.jpg

This is a scaled down version but i think you can see why it is so hard for me (somewhat of a beginner) to get her out of this picture..


Thanks everyone!

Image > Extract

Takes a little getting used to, but that's how I would do it.

Yep I was trying with the extraction tool.. Are there any tips you or anyone else could give for this tool?

Thanks

You could try http://teamphotoshop.com/photoshop/tutorials/techniques/selecting/selecting.php

I don't really have any tips. Like I said, it just takes a bit of use of the tool to understand it. Trying different highlight settings and whatnot.

You can try these links, if they help.

http://ps6.com/Tutorials/Extract/intro.html
http://www.designsbymark.com/pstips/photo_extractcomm.shtml

And yeah, selections are another way, but IMO, the extract tool is easier.

Chopping her out with the pen tool would seem the easiest/cleanest method to me. It takes a bit longer to outline like that, but the results are well worth it.

yep, i would use the pentool too.

just click to add points, point after point untill you can close the selection. Rightclick inside the selection and go to:
make selection...

Just try and to get used to this method, you can use this for a variety of things and your selections will be clean.