Removing background from images

[Alex Ross]

I am finding this too hard, I googled and found some companies that do this sort of thing, has anyone tried them? Is clipping path the same as deepetching. deepetch.com seems to be one good one, I also saw lazymask.com and digital-media-tech.com. Has anyone had any experience with this sort of thing. My catalog has over 300 images of jewelery and jackets with fur fitted on manequins due in two weeks, all shot on a blue studio background. Do I require alpha channel masking? Can anyone help please?

[dalewaynebrooks]

You could do that or (if you know how to use it) just use the pen tool and cut around the image, then 'make selection' or inverse the selection and that'll remove the background

[Phate]

check out this episode of "You Suck at Photoshop"

awesome way of doing exactly what you asked

http://nerdnirvana.org/2008/02/04/you-s ... ackground/

[ziwang55]

wow i looked at the you suck at photo shop vids. they are funny and great. but he was going too fast lol