What is the best way to seperate somthing on a picture perfectly? I use the magnetic lasso tool, but it doesnt useually get it right... please, any ideas?

Photoshop? Use any selection tool, and press the (shift) or (alt) keys to, respectively, add or remove areas from the selection. It will allow much more precision.

ok, i think i tried what you said, but it still wasnt like perfectly "seemless" or whatever. Are you saying, use the magnetic lasso to get the basic shape, and then use plus or minus to perfect it? and yes, Photoshop.

I always use a clear mask to select the portion that I want. You Ctrl+Alt+Click on the mask to select it. It's time consuming, but it always works.

i don't exactly understand...what is a mask?

Where did you guys get photoshop? Did you buy it?

=D

I have had a lot of luck with the magic wand select. You can adjust the tolerance, and it selects along color boundries. If you hold shift while you select, you can select multiple areas, or get different colors in the same area. You can cover very complicated areas (Like people's faces), by selecting say one cheek, and the nose, the eyes, but if you hold shift they can all be selected at once.

I agree with CrazyIvan Ive found this to not only be the best but the simplest way to do it.Like he said though it does take a bit of time.If I was you and your a beginner I would go out and get some books on photoshop.

Alright, ill try to play around with these ideas...but i still dont get what crazyivan was saying...
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Look up 'Mask' in the Photoshop documentation. It's worth knowing how to use.

Personally, I just zoom in until I can edit each pixel individually. =D

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HAHA caedes...I used to do that too in Paint before i had photoshop, but i figured there must be some easier way =D

What I was describing was just using the selection tools. Basically, if your magnetic lasso is not selecting an area, or a couple pixels that you need, all you have to do is press shift while using any of the selection tools to add to the current selection. (a little plus sign shows up next to the tool when over the image) This could be the regular lasso, the magic wand, the rectangular marquee, etc.
If you have too much area selected, the alt key will remove area from the selection, in the same way.

Depending on what you're doing, the mask is more powerful, and might actually be easier.

ok, thanks. I'll look up mask's in the photoshop help stuff and see what's going on. =)

ok, i looked it up, and the only thing i found was that you click the quick mask mode after you select somthing...but all that does is protect the rest of the picture...I'm sure there is somthing big im missing here (it happens alot)...