And you can use the History brush to restore any little edge details that
were erased.
Peter Cowie
"edjh" <edjhann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Richard wrote:
> > I understand how to extract (I'm using 5.5) but it seems to work best
with
> > a transparent background. I'd like to extract a digital portrait of a
child
> > and put it on a black background. Anybody able to help?
> >
> > Richard
> Make a new layer, fill ir with black, drag it below the other layer.
>
> You'll have to clean up the edges of the extracted portrait.
>
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