Can you cut around a person in iPhoto? or remove an item from the backgroun

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Can you cut around a person in iPhoto? or remove an item from the backgroun

Hi

I have a few pics, that I want to remove certain things from the background?

Also I have a pic, where I want to "cut out" the person, and paste onto a blank background. Can these be done in iPhoto 09? or is this beyond the use of the editing functions in iPhoto?

cheers

Mac OS X (10.5.6),  iMac 20" 2Ghz, 80Gb Classic, 4Gb nano 3G,16Gb touch 1G, 8Gb nano 4G,Shuffle 1G

Posted on Sep 7, 2009 2:15 PM

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Answer 1

Yer_Man

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Sep 7, 2009 2:54 PM in response to the loc-man

You'll need to use an external editor for jobs like this:

In order of price here are some suggestions:

Seashore (free)
Graphic Coverter ($45 approx)
Acorn ($50 approx)
Photoshop Elements ($75 approx)

There are many, many other options. Search on MacUpdate.

You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.

Regards

TD

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the loc-man Author

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Sep 7, 2009 3:14 PM in response to Yer_Man

Ah thanks.

I'm not really an editing type person, just a few auto settings, I was hoping iPhoto was able to do a bit more editing really though, for removing things from background for example

mmm I like free though, dont want to spend loads for me to use the function once!

What about Picassa? or will iPhoto not recognise it?

cheers

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Answer 3

Yer_Man

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Sep 7, 2009 3:22 PM in response to the loc-man

To the best of my knowledge Picasa does not to this kind of work either. Like iPhoto, it's about post processing rather than pixel or layer based editing.

Regards

TD

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