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SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia

Hi Guys,
Can anyone help me...I want a png of myself to add to another image...
I have no idea how to remove the surrounds and just leave myself..

I've attached two versions of the same pic.
I can save the whole image as a png but I want just me left...
Cheers,
Ron.

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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Why the focus on PNG? A PNG is just a JPEG with a lossless compression when the file is repeatedly edited and saved.

What is the original file capture format coming out of the camera? When the image file is edited, what tool is being used? The capability of this edit tool controls how easily you can be extracted from the background and then simply saved into any useful format for merging with a different background, while maintaining the most amount of original image data.

Toleman

CHG_CANON wrote:

Why the focus on PNG? A PNG is just a JPEG with a lossless compression when the file is repeatedly edited and saved.

What is the original file capture format coming out of the camera? When the image file is edited, what tool is being used? The capability of this edit tool controls how easily you can be extracted from the background and then simply saved into any useful format for merging with a different background, while maintaining the most amount of original image data.

Possibly cos a PNG can be saved with a transparent background. A Jpeg will always show a white background with a cut out image

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

CHG_CANON wrote:

Why the focus on PNG? A PNG is just a JPEG with a lossless compression when the file is repeatedly edited and saved.

What is the original file capture format coming out of the camera? When the image file is edited, what tool is being used? The capability of this edit tool controls how easily you can be extracted from the background and then simply saved into any useful format for merging with a different background, while maintaining the most amount of original image data.

A PNG is more than just a JPEG with lossless compression. PNG files can have transparency whereas JPEG cannot. Any transparency in a PNG converted to a JPEG will be white.

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

SX2002 wrote:

Hi Guys, br Can anyone help me...I want a png of m... (show quote)

I did a quick one for you. There is some chromatic aberration showing up in some areas of the picture, so do to a great job on this would require substantially more time. Maybe you can use this one. Note that UHH displays just about anything as a JPEG, so even though the picture has a white background, I stored the original, so the download is a PNG with a transparent background. I'm retired and in self-isolation due to COVID-19, so if you want a cleaner version, let me know. It probably would take a couple of days.

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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

russelray wrote:

A PNG is more than just a JPEG with lossless compression. PNG files can have transparency whereas JPEG cannot. Any transparency in a PNG converted to a JPEG will be white.

Here's a another version, with a bit more clean up of the selection tool I did since my first response, done in PSE. To elaborate on my original post, if all the editing is done at once, you don't have to get mixed into the PNG format. Agreeing with russelray's comment, the 'transparent' PNG gives a shareable format where the PNG can be pasted onto / over other images, an on-demand merge process that can be repeated over time over various backgrounds. The quality of that 'pasteabily' depends on the quality of the original image and the level of effort used in selecting the edges of the content to assure a smooth and clean selection of just the original source.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Ron, I can't recall if you've mentioned what editing software you use. In PS Elements this action takes only a couple of steps. If you have one of the more robust, popular programs, there will likely be a You-Tube video or short written tutorial to help you for future. Good luck!

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

CHG_CANON wrote:

... Agreeing with russelray's comment, the 'transparent' PNG gives a shareable format where the PNG can be pasted onto / over other images...

Jim-Pops recently provided a png for exactly that purpose - so that others could use the result, and keep the file for future.

Very handy!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

It certainly is possible, Ron. It's tedious, though. I use GIMP for this purpose.

SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia

russelray wrote:

I did a quick one for you. There is some chromatic... (show quote)

Thank you very much Russell, exactly what I wanted...

Ron.

SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia

Thank you all for your help, Russell has done just what I wanted...

Howard5252 Loc: New York / Florida (now)

It's not a great job because I was working with a tiny file but if it serves your needs, use it.

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SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia

Howard5252 wrote:

It's not a great job because I was working with a tiny file but if it serves your needs, use it.

Thanks Howard, great job...