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How do u add a person into an image using adobe photo shop elements 6!.0 and deleting a person too same program!? Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Yes, his can definitely be done, but is not easy!.

You want to start by cutting out the person in the image!. You can do this with the magnetic lasso, and you will have the marching ants around the person!. Then, go to Edit>Copy, then click on the new photo where you want to add the person, and click Edit>paste!. Now you can use the move tool to place the person exactly where you need them to be in the photo!.

The real problem arises as the edges of the person may be jagged, or also do not blend with the new background!. You can do a number of things!.!.!. once you have the person outlined with the ants go to Select>Modify>Feather!.!.!. then you select a number of pixels!.
also, once the person is pasted in!.!.!. you can clone pixels along the edge from the background to where the person is!. In this case you will either need to flatten your layers, or constantly move between the two!.

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Well, you may need a fair amount of patience and talent with this!. But otherwise, it's just basic photo manipulation!. It should be fairly simple as long as there isn't much detail and the two photos you aim to combine have the same lighting and color!. But anyway!.

The best way I can think of this is by using the Magic Wand Tool!. Just use it to select areas you want to delete around the person in the photo, then copy and paste into the photo you want to add it into!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You could spend a day taking a class learning to do this one task!. I'll assume that you have some of the basics and want to refine your technique!.

First, your selection must be a good one!. Try the magnetic lasso with these settings:

Feather: 1 px, anti-alias
Width: 1 px
Edge Contrast: 1%
Frequency: 50

This will give you a pretty clean selection with just a LITTLE bit of fuzziness to cover up your slips!. The magnetic lasso will "pin" the selection line down at several points by itself, but you can click on the mouse at any point where you want to be SURE that it adds an anchor point to your selection path!.

When you drop your selection into the new picture, it will appear in its own layer automatically!. Choose the "Move" tool!. Move the selection until it is where you want it!. You can drag one of the corners of the move box to resize the head until it matches the scale of the other image!. Keep it there as you erase any parts that should look like they are going behind someone who is in your original image!. Making this kind of overlap makes it look more realistic!.

It also help if you cut the opacity of the new part to about 50% or less as you work with the clone tool in the original image in any places where the original head shows under the new one!.

Put the opacity back to 100% and hit [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[E] to merge the layers!. You may have to use a bit more cloning or healing brush to blend the new head to the old body!.

Mostly - practice, practice, practice!

Here's a so-so job of doing just what you are talking about!. The couple and their dog were taken at a different time and location from the original group, so there are a lot of lighting and contrast issues, but it is what it is!. http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!.

Here's one where I took a whole guy out of the picture!. http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!.
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