Cropping smoothly around an image

Hi all!
i have a photo with a white background and i would like to crop aorund
the edges smoothly (important!) leaving a white space of about 5mm
around the edges, how can i do this in photoshop? i can only find
cropping tools for predefined shapes.
kind regards
Marc

Mcyi2mr3@googlemail.com

Re: cropping smoothly around an image

Cropping is a different thing entirely. If you want to make the image
area smaller a crop might be in order, however that has nothing to do
with taking an image out of a background.
Besides what in the
You misunderstand. The tutorial I linked called for making a Clipping
Path out of the Path. My point is that you don't need to make it a
Clipping Path unless you are putting it into Quark or something like
that. A regular old Path will do. Make it into a selection to delete or
mask.
Illustrator would
Yes, you do if you are making a Layer Mask.
, you can use the path to create a Vector Mask which is much
Vector masks are fine too, if no feathering or such is needed, which
often is when isolating an image from the background. Hard edges can be
undesirable if compositing the image into a new background for instance.
Depends what he is doing with it.
/snip/
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Edjh

Re: cropping smoothly around an image

Thanks for everyones comments here its been really informative. However
with regard to smoothing the outline, what im looking for is photoshops
equivalent to flash's "soften fill edges" tool, is there one? (ive
tried anti-aliasing and feathering to no avail)
Thanks
Marc


Mcyi2mr3@googlemail.com

Re: cropping smoothly around an image

I suppose that "Crop" would be the wrong term if knocking out
everything, but a specific subject matter. However the way that I have
understood the dilemma is that a "Crop" is needed. Besides what in the
world would compel you to utilize a (ahem) multi-page program like
(ahem) Quark (pronouced Quack) to knockout an image. Illustrator would
be my first bet. Not a piece of software designed for books and
catalogs. You don't need to turn the path into a selection to create a
Layer Mask, you can use the path to create a Vector Mask which is much
cleaner...unless you wanted to apply filters, adjustments, or hand
paint the mask.
edjh: Maybe clarification of the issue at hand is needed?
Enjoy...


CS2 Shaman

Re: cropping smoothly around an image

First of all "Crop" is the wrong term. What you want to do is make a
good selection around the object and delete or mask out the background.
Best way, though not easy, is with the Pen. Another possibility is the
Extract filter. There are other ways.
Here's a tutorial (there are many on the web). You don't need to make it
an actual Clipping Path unless you are putting it into another program
like Quark. You can turn the path into a selection and make a mask with
that. You can also stroke the path or the selection to get your white
outline.
http://www.sketchpad.net/paths3.htm
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Edjh

Re: cropping smoothly around an image

The easiest way to go about this would be to use the Crop Tool and crop
your image to the desired size. The next thing to do is go to
Image->Canvas Size. Click the "Relative" check box and set your size to
10mm for both the width and height. This will give you a 5mm border
around your image.


CS2 Shaman

Re: cropping smoothly around an image

In article <1150272342.225097.223490@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>, mcyi2mr3
@googlemail.com says...
Question: is your subject image on a white background, all of the way around
it? If so, use the Magic Wand Tool, to select the white area. You may need to
experiment with the tolerance setting, but if you have white, start with a
lower # and work up a bit at a time. You can also press Ctrl, as you do more
selecitons, if you are missing a few to add to the Selection. Once you have
the background selected, Save Selection (name it something like "Outline."),
then choose Select>Modify>Contract, again experimenting with the # of pixels,
as there is not a direct way to specify 5mm, but you could hit Ctrl-R to get
the rulers, set units to mm, then do some guides to indicate 5mm from the
subject in one spot, and match that, as you explore the Contract setting. Save
new Selection as something different, i.e. "Outline 5mm."
This will allow you to knockout the subject, but remember to actually Crop the
image, you can only Crop in a Square or a Rectangle. You can Ctrl-c (Copy)
this outlined with 5mm white and drop into another image, or use the Selection
as a Clipping Path and do a GIF for the Web or an EPS for use in PageMaker/
InDesign/Quark.
Hunt


Noone@hunt.com (Hunt)

Re: cropping smoothly around an image

Hey Stewy thanks for help
Can you expand upon what you mean by "smoothing out the outline "by
using the ordinary lasso"?
regards
Marc


Mcyi2mr3@googlemail.com

Re: cropping smoothly around an image

In article <1150272342.225097.223490@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>,
Use the magnetic lasso tool first. then smooth out the outline using the
ordinary lasso. Finally use expand selection to create the border.


Stewy

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