Request for Help - Background Removal

[eaglefan]

Hi Guys,

My name is Dan ... new to the PSG forum. Some great work across here!

Im working on a little project with a sports image of my favourite team, yet i am having trouble getting one image to the way i want.

I am after the background to be removed, with the player still there. This is so i can use, to place on another document and print.

My attempts have all left small pieces close to the body, as well as some jagged body parts and not a clean image when printing. I really need the image to be clean, with no background traces. I don't feel it is a complicated background, just my skills are not up to scratch to get the image to the quality i want.

If any one could help me out, it would be kindly appreciated. I can paste the image via photo bucket link or send across via email.

Thanks, Dan.

[Paul]

Post the image mate.

[eaglefan]

Thanks Paul. You may not like the team if you follow AFL. Lets hope you do! Go the Eagles!

[Dataflow]

here you go

[eaglefan]

Thanks very much Dataflow, appreciate the help.

[Dataflow]

the trick is to make the edges slightly transparent so they blend into what ever BG you add it to

[keysorsoze69]

Ok, new to Photoshop... I know you can select the guy, but how do you do the selecting so straight and perfect? I try to lasso and I just cut into things or get more than what I want.

[Sierraccr]

You can't cut out that straight with a lasso (or at least I can't). There are several ways to cut things out, but the best way to cut out of a busy background like that is by using the pen tool. It takes practice, but there are several decent tutorials both here and elsewhere on the web.

[Dataflow]

for me the trick is not to select him at all.
i just use the eraser then i just select the small bits and change the radius of the eraser to remove those small bits.
using the eraser is how i get the slight transparent edges

[thedirtyknapkin]

i usually start with a quick select, then refine it with a layer mask, and the brush tool