PSE7 Advice please

I recently visited the RAF Museum in Hendon. It's a great place, however it's very congested, not with people but with exhibits. It is therefore very difficult to take a photograph of an aircraft in isolation. I would therefore like to do a bit of cheating, using PSE7, to isolate an aircraft and put it against a different background, eg sky. I've tried using layers but myy PP skills are poor and the end result is woeful.

So any advice would be much appreciated.

Example of originals

[IMG]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j311/Tinywales/RAFMuseum/harrier_crop.jpg[/IMG]

and

[IMG]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j311/Tinywales/RAFMuseum/IMGP5922.jpg[/IMG]


Thanks in advance


Howard

Hi Howard,
You could try this website link it has a forum etc, I have done what you wish to, but not as quickly as some people. (I did not detail out how I did it, so would have to start from the beginning again)

Regards

Colin

Thanks for that link Colin, I'll look into that. I tried using layers, cutiing and pasting, etc, but the final result didn't look natural. I'll give it another go sometime.

Cheers,



Howard

BTW Are you in Bedford itself or outside? I use to live and work in Ampthill.

You could use the clone tool, going right down to pixel level to ensure a precise cut out, but it would take a very long time. Maybe using selected parts of the subjects rather than the whole plane would be an easier option?

All cutting out can be extremely painstaking and timeconsuming
My latest favourite plugin is the Topaz Labs Remask 2. Works in Elements too!

However, if you want to have a go at it, I'd advise learning to use masks in Elements. Check out some of my (old) tutorials on my website: www.photon.me.uk - that'll get you started at least!

Matt