EggXpert

Does anybody know a way I can put a picture of a statue on a different background or change a background in a photo which ever way it works? I'm looking for a free way to that because I can't afford to buy Adobe Photoshop right now. I tried Pacasso, but it does not have that ability. MS Paintshop requires a Phd just to click on that program so I'm not about to try that.

Let me know if there is anything availble for this function, thanks.

Try looking through these programs, some are freeware, some are shareware others cost.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads37.html

http://www.gimp.org/

 It's basically photoshop elements but free.

Ok, just installed and tried Gimp. It's way too hard to understand! I don't have a Phd in Graphic Arts. In fact, I have zero artistic qualities. I can only take pictures and put them on the computer. That's as far as my artistic talents go.

I need something simpler. All I want to do is take a picture delete the background and put a new background in its place. Details of what I am up against. I'm trying to take a picture I took of a statue against a black cloth background and cut the image of the statue only and put it on a different background. I need something that cand just automatically outline the statue perfectly and then I can select to cut it and then place it on the new background or something like that. Is there anything out there that will do that?

Hmm, GIMP is a little tricky but can do it i think.

If you want, you can post up the pictures and we can maybe do the editing for you.

good luck

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What you're talking about is pretty advanced functionality.  Most of the cheaper programs won't have it.  In the Gimp, you can do this fairly easily using the fuzzy select tool.  In photoshop, it's called the magic wand tool.

Basically, with the fuzzy select tool, you click on what you want selected, and it will select a portion of the statue.  Then, hold down the shift key, and click on all the other parts of the statue.  It should select each part, one by one, until you have the whole thing.  The tool works by selecting similar regions of color.  This should work for you.

Once you have the entire statue selected, you should be able to copy and paste it into the other image.

The gimp is a little complex, but no more complex than photoshop.  If you can manage to learn just 3 or 4 tools in the Gimp, or photoshop, then you can do pretty amazing things with it.

Best of luck to you.  Let us know how things work out, or if you need more help.

madden64freak:

What you're talking about is pretty advanced functionality.  Most of the cheaper programs won't have it.  In the Gimp, you can do this fairly easily using the fuzzy select tool.  In photoshop, it's called the magic wand tool.

Basically, with the fuzzy select tool, you click on what you want selected, and it will select a portion of the statue.  Then, hold down the shift key, and click on all the other parts of the statue.  It should select each part, one by one, until you have the whole thing.  The tool works by selecting similar regions of color.  This should work for you.

Once you have the entire statue selected, you should be able to copy and paste it into the other image.

The gimp is a little complex, but no more complex than photoshop.  If you can manage to learn just 3 or 4 tools in the Gimp, or photoshop, then you can do pretty amazing things with it.

Best of luck to you.  Let us know how things work out, or if you need more help.

Yeah, I found out it is cited as a very advanced function. I wonder why though, it's just cut n paste really? Oh well, anything to get one to spend thousands of dollars on buggy software one doesn't need.

I tried Gimp and it seems very buggy. That magic wand tool or whatever, refuses to recognize the whole subject no matter where I click. It also keeps deleting what I outlined before.

I think I face to problems.

1) Buggy software

2) Completely clueless with Graphic arts and even though I have a 167 IQ, I don't have a PHd required to operate such software. (Having an above average IQ does not mean one knows a lot about everything by any stretch of the imagination. For me Graphic Arts is a great example of that).

Someday when I win the lottery which I never play, I'll get Photoshop or something and then I'll take classes to learn how to use it, but not in CA at least. The education system here in CA is horrible! I bet there are great on-line classes for it though.

In the meantime, I just won't do that type of edit I want to do. I'll stick with the basics with Picasso or something.