29 Oct - Photoshop Extraction Techniques

Here are two Photoshop extraction techniques that I have found from this website http://wegraphics.net/blog/tutorials/photoshop/photoshop-for-beginners-techniques-to-extract-anything-from-its-background/:

The first one is great for extracting irregularly shaped objects. You'll need the paths mode with the pen tool, and all you need to do is trace around the object. Afterwards, press ctrl + enter to activate the selection tool. This will select your object. In order to delete the stuff you don't need, inverse the selection by pressing ctrl + shift + l, then press delete to delete any unwanted pixels. Here are some pictures to show you how it can be done:
 first of all select the pen tool


Then you should start to trace around the object.

 If you did this correctly, you should get the object you wanted and nothing else left!


Here is the second method I found, which should be used to extract rather regular objects (preferably circular), because it's much simpler. First of all, select the elliptical marquee tool, and select your object. Then, hold down alt and shift (which helps with the constant proportion of the selection, and makes sure the first click is with the center of your selection) and then select your object. Afterwards inverse the selection (ctrl + shift + l) and press delete. Then, you have your object extracted!

The photos used in the blog post are from http://wegraphics.net/blog/tutorials/photoshop/photoshop-for-beginners-techniques-to-extract-anything-from-its-background/ and do not belong to me.