I assure you that it's possible, but I'm not entirely sure of what you are asking. Do you know what layers are?

Go to the Gimp User's Manual: http://manual.gimp.org/manual/GUM/GUM.html (requires Javascript)

Read chapter 20.

If that doesn't help then I've probably misunderstood your question, so write back.

Daniel.

On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 10:35:17AM +1000, Kevin Waterson wrote:

I wish to lift a person off a background. Is this possible with the gimp?
If so, can someone point me to a tutorial for this?

Kind regards Kevin

I can think of a couple ways.
Here's one:
http://cs.uhh.hawaii.edu/~jeschke/photography/articles/gimp/SelectiveColorization/ And another:
http://cs.uhh.hawaii.edu/~jeschke/photography/articles/gimp/SimulatedDOF

In both examples you could just leave off the last layer to achieve the result you're after.

I remove people from backgrounds quite often at work, but to be honest I use yet a third as of yet undisclosed technique. Bezier paths.

Hope that helps. Eric P.

I wish to lift a person off a background. Is this possible with the gimp?
If so, can someone point me to a tutorial for this?

Kind regards Kevin

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Port Macquarie, Australia

I wish to lift a person off a background. Is this possible with the gimp?
If so, can someone point me to a tutorial for this?

Kind regards Kevin

Is this a gimp 1.3 function? I don't see the "quick mask" button in gimp-1.2.4 for Windows.

Peace....

Tom

"Will Muir" To: Sent by: cc: gimp-user-bounces@lists.xcf.b Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] layers erkeley.edu 04/29/03 04:41 PM

"Our mission is to help our clients achieve more cost-effective data center operations."

Click on the little red square in the lower left hand corner, this is called
a quick mask. When the image turns red paint the area you want to cut out with white (white adds to the selection black removes from it I believe) when you are done click the button next to the red one and you have a selection that you can then cut and paste where ever you please.

Will ----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Waterson"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 6:35 PM Subject: [Gimp-user] layers

I wish to lift a person off a background. Is this possible with the gimp?
If so, can someone point me to a tutorial for this?

Kind regards Kevin

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_____) ) ____ ____ ____ ____ | ____/ / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \____) \_||_| \____) \____) Kevin Waterson
Port Macquarie, Australia

I've used Bezier paths as well as the "Intelligent Scissors" tool.

Peace...

Tom

"Eric Pierce" To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Sent by: cc: gimp-user-bounces@lists.xcf.b Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] layers erkeley.edu 04/29/03 04:54 PM

"Our mission is to help our clients achieve more cost-effective data center operations."

I can think of a couple ways. Here's one:
http://cs.uhh.hawaii.edu/~jeschke/photography/articles/gimp/SelectiveColorization/

And another: http://cs.uhh.hawaii.edu/~jeschke/photography/articles/gimp/SimulatedDOF

In both examples you could just leave off the last layer to achieve the result you're after.

I remove people from backgrounds quite often at work, but to be honest I use yet a third as of yet undisclosed technique. Bezier paths.

Hope that helps. Eric P.

I wish to lift a person off a background. Is this possible with the gimp?
If so, can someone point me to a tutorial for this?

Kind regards Kevin

--
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(_____ \
_____) ) ____ ____ ____ ____ | ____/ / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \____) \_||_| \____) \____) Kevin Waterson
Port Macquarie, Australia

It's there... lower left of your image window. A dotted box (off) and a red box (on).

Is this a gimp 1.3 function? I don't see the "quick mask" button in gimp-1.2.4 for Windows.

Peace....

Tom

"Will Muir" To:

Sent by: cc: gimp-user-bounces@lists.xcf.b Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] layers
erkeley.edu

04/29/03 04:41 PM

"Our mission is to help our clients achieve more cost-effective
data center operations."

Click on the little red square in the lower left hand corner, this is called
a quick mask. When the image turns red paint the area you want to cut out with white (white adds to the selection black removes from it I believe) when you are done click the button next to the red one and you have a selection that you can then cut and paste where ever you please.

Will ----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Waterson"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 6:35 PM Subject: [Gimp-user] layers

I wish to lift a person off a background. Is this possible with the gimp?
If so, can someone point me to a tutorial for this?

Kind regards Kevin

--
______
(_____ \
_____) ) ____ ____ ____ ____ | ____/ / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \____) \_||_| \____) \____) Kevin Waterson
Port Macquarie, Australia