This One's For Kami Jo

So here's how I did my Photoshop picture. I just want to note that I have Photoshop Elements 4 for Mac. So your computer may be different, but it might give you an idea how to do it.

First, open up the photo that you want to take the image from.

You are going to use the Magic Selection Brush Tool

Start to color in the area that you want to "cut out." Make sure you do it without lifting your mouse button, Once you life your mouse button, the program tries to determine what area of the photograph you want highlighted.The area that is highlighted with the "marching ants" is the area that will be selected to "cut out." If you didn't quite get enough area, start coloring more of your image with the Magic Selection Brush Tool.

This may take you a few tries to get the entire part of the picture that you want "cut out." It's better to get too much than not enough. You can always erase a toy, but your baby would look pretty funny without an ear. :)


As you can see (maybe) In my final "cut out" picture, I have more highlighted than just Dallin. I'll take care of that later.

How go to edit, copy. This will copy all your highlighted area.

Open the picture you want to add your "cut out" to. Go to edit, paste.

Now your "cut out" will probably wither be too big or too small, so you'll have to adjust it. Make sure you hold down the Shift key while you do it in order to keep the proportions correct. (Some programs may use a different command to keep the proportions. Check your user manual.)

Once you get the "cut out" to the correct size, place it where you want it.

Now you zoom in and erase the "Extra" parts of your "cut out" that we talked about before. It may take a bit of time. And remember you can change the pixel size of your eraser to get into the small areas. NOTE: Make sure you are clicked on the correct layer before you start to erase.


Now you are all done. YEAH!

Maybe no one will read this, or maybe it makes no sort of sense at all. But I had fun making it. I learned how to make screenshots on my computer. Way Cool! And one thing...I learn stuff by messing around with Photoshop. I'm sure there are more professional ways of doing thing and they look a lot better, but I have no idea how to do any of that.