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1. Re: Need to Remove a Portait Image and Place On Solid Background
MJOrts Oct 22, 2010 1:21 PM (in response to grandpahenry)Hi Henry,
Have you checked out any of the training videos that Adobe offers through its Adobe TV site?
http://tv.adobe.com/show/the-russell-brown-show/
This link takes you to one of the training video lists of Photoshop Evangelist Russell Brown, and contains a few videos to help you get started with masking.
Masking is the same as selection, they're both used to select or "mask off" parts of an image that you want to set aside from the rest of the image.
There's many methods for creating background layers, too. If you'd just like a simple solid color background, the simplest method is:
1. In the Photoshop menu bar, select Layers > New Fill Layer > Solid Color...
2. A "New Layer" dialog box will now pop up with a few options. Lets leave the options as they are for now and click [OK].
3. A color picker dialog box will now pop up. Select a new color by either entering color numbers, or using the hue slider (looks like a rainbow) and color field (the big square on the left) boxes to find the color you'd like. Click [OK] when you're finished.
4. In the Layers panel, click, hold, and drag your solid color layer behind your image layer so you can use it as a background. You may have to unlock your image layer if it's locked (has a padlock icon on its layer). You can unlock this by double-clicking the layer and hitting [OK] on the New Layer dialog box that pops up.
Note that by double-clicking on the colored square inside of the solid color layer tab, you can change the color to something else if you don't like your original choice.
Hope this helps you get started!


