cutting an image

[sakswb]

i,have,taken,a,photo,of,a,booklet,on,my,kitchen,table,and,i,want,to,remove,the,kitchen,table,but,keep,the,booklet,and,put,onto,a,light color,background,as,though,the,booklet,is,floating,in,mid,air/. I also want to add a shadow to the image,

can anybody please help??

[Trevor.Dennis · Accepted solution]

You need to make a selection of the booklet, and copy the selection to a new layer.  Unfortunately, a book is probably going to be best selected with the Pen tool, which takes a bit of learning.  Check this tutorial, and paste the image to this thread.

Draw with Pen tools in Photoshop

And this excellent series from forum regular Mike Hoffman.

[davescm]

Follow the excellent links provided by Trevor. Once you have the book on it's own layer use Layer Styles - to add a drop shadow.

Dave