Erasing Backgrounds

**Angie** · 10-06-2005, 10:09 PM

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I am setting up our website. Have pictures but don't like them. Took some more pictures and need to edit them. I tried erasing the background on these pictures and it was really jagged. I do not have a steady hand. Is there another way to get rid of the background rather than using the background eraser tool. Something like point and click.

I also need to know how to resize the pictures for thumb nails on my web site.

Any and all information will be much appreciated.

Thanks

Angie

**LGR** · 10-07-2005, 07:28 AM

You could try using the colour replacement facility. This allows you to select any colour held within the background of the image, and have it replaced with a colour of your choice - presumably white, in this case.

However, I would suggest practising with the Lasso selection tool. If you set the selection method to 'point to point' and check the 'antialias' option, you should be able to get a fairly neat result by simply clicking around the outer edge of whatever you want to remove. There is also the added option of including a 'feather', which eases the edges of the cut out and softens the part of the graphic that remains.