Re: [Gimp-user] Best way to edit this background

[Pat David <patdavid gmail com>]

There is a fork of GIMP that has a fantastic foreground select tool. I used
it in a recent tutorial, so it's fresh in my head:

http://blog.patdavid.net/2013/08/an-open-source-headshot-ronni.html

It's RGGJAN fork (so you'll need to download another GIMP). The tool you'll
want is the foreground select tool. There's a video on that link as well if
it helps clarify things a bit.

On Monday, August 26, 2013, bluseagal wrote:

> Hello,
> I have read through the forum and found many interesting tutorials.
> But still, I dont really know what to do.
>
> I need to edit around 100 pictures like this:
> http://www.freeimagehosting.net/yo9ax
>
> Here I already made most of the background white and then tried to adjust
> the
> closer background with the Level-Tool, but just influences my dress too
> much
>
> I read many tutorials, but they all don't work for me. The fuzzy tool is
> useless, because part of the background is always involved in the dress.
>
> Is there any way to change the background to white and maybe a tutorial
> for this
> special kind of picture?
>
> Thank you so much,
>
> Gigi
>
> Attachments:
> * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/68/original/dress.JPG
>
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