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New to this photoshop thing and wondering about its capacities


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Hi, guys, I'm making a research on photo editing programs for some work I'm doing and, before I buy the program and begin a course to learn how to use, I need to know if it is actually capable of doing what I want.

I have some photos where the background and the foreground are pretty much the same color, with minor variations, and I need to be able to remove the background. The problem is that the image on the foreground is not that solid, it is punctuated, almost blended with the background.

I don't have yet a photo to post here to exemplify (but I will do soon), so I will describe a situation:

I have a photo that consists on a black, grainy, fingerprint over a newspaper page. Can I separate the fingerprint?

Thanks for the help and sorry for the broken english, it is not my native language.
 
short answer most probably yes, you will have to show us the image for a detailed explanation and some tips on how to do it :) there are a lot of selection methods
 
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photoshop is literally the most powerful editing software known to man... ever... i think... The point is, photoshop is almost unlimited in what it can do. it's only really limited by what you know how to do, the amount of time you have to work, and your imagination. they add new features all the time. I know people who complain that they add SO many features, that they've kind of lost track with what it is you can actually do with the program. for example, in newer versions of the program, they've made it so that you can import a 3-d object/model from a program like autodesk's 3ds max, and move the object like a 3-dimensional object in a 2-d environment. the program is worth every cent, as even buying an older version will keep you set for a long time. I myself am still using CS2, which is 3 versions old, with multiple years in between the different releases, and I still see no reason to switch. Long answer short, yes, it will do everything that you want it to and more. it's worth the money. that is, if you plan on using it more than once.
 
Well, this is one of the photos that I wish to remove the background. Some people said to me that this is possible by "weakening" some of the background colors while retaining the others. How do I do this?

DSC_0645-mod.jpg

Also, how can I make a "macro", a collection of commands and tuning settings that I can apply to more than one image?

Thanks again!
 
What part of the image are you trying to keep? There's a multitude of ways to mask things off and some ways work better than others in any given photo...
 
Well, I'm trying to hide everything that do not belong to the "main fingerprint" in purple.

Thanks!
 
Hi Juca.
You have such a mess in that photo I personally think it would be very difficult to pull out only an accurate fingerprint and nothing else.
I played around for 30-40 minutes and got this.

It's not clean at all.
I think if you're planning to by PS to try to do this yourself, with no PS experience you're going to have a problem.

BTW, they aren't Macros in PS they are Actions and yes, you can record what you're doing in an Action and play it back on another image to get the same results.
 

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Steve, it is about what you've done. This is not the better photo that I have. And about learning all for my self, I'll make some instruction courses before I really start messing with photoshop, I was only trying to learn what can I really do before spending money.

Thank all you for your time :)
 
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