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Denise Covert

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Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:37 pm

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Hi guys,

With some changes in our art dept., our designers now will be handling mundane graphics tasks such as cutouts and maps on our own.

My Photoshop's a bit rusty from years of neglect, and some people in our group have never used it at all. Can someone please direct me to a site or other free resource where I can find a quick-and-dirty one-page guide to making a cutout? Of course, some of my co-workers and I can muddle through and make one ourselves, but I figured you guys would have a better way. Cool We're using CS2 btw.

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Denise
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:46 pm

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Denise Covert wrote::
Hi guys,

With some changes in our art dept., our designers now will be handling mundane graphics tasks such as cutouts and maps on our own.

My Photoshop's a bit rusty from years of neglect, and some people in our group have never used it at all. Can someone please direct me to a site or other free resource where I can find a quick-and-dirty one-page guide to making a cutout? Of course, some of my co-workers and I can muddle through and make one ourselves, but I figured you guys would have a better way. Cool We're using CS2 btw.

Thanks!
Denise


The quickest and dirtiest: The clipping tool will be your best friend. Click your way around the image and save the path, then save the image.

I'm sure there are others who have more/better tips, but those are the most basic of basics, and likely no help at all. Wink
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Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:10 pm

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Here're a couple links, one for a quick explanation of using the pen tool, the other a more detailed piece about how to (and how not to) do cutouts:

http://www.photoshopbuddy.net/pentool.html
http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/photoshop-clipping-paths.html
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