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We have just launched our latest contest. Design a movie poster. This will be a totally fun contest and you may just win one of the awesome prizes from Adobe, NAPP, Extensis, Strata, PhotoshopCD, Alienskin, Andromeda, DG USA, DAZ and tons more. There is almost $6,000 worth of prizes up from grabs including Adobe Creative Suite and a NAPP membership! Exclusive at Photoshopcafe.com

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There are many reasons that we would want to mask out an image (AKA removing it from the background). When compositing images, this is one of the first things you will need to do. As various as the needs, there are also many methods. You can use the Extract tool in Photoshop or turn to 3rd party plug-ins such as Extensis Mask Pro and Knockout from Corel. These all work extremely well.

My advice to you, experiment with different methods and you will find that some methods work better for different situations. For simple sharp objects, the pen tool cannot be beaten, for softer edges such as hair use the extract tool. For areas of solid color use, Color range, the magic wand or magic eraser tool.

Whatever method you choose, remember to make sure that the edges are nice and clean. Here are a couple of tips to clean up the edges. Layer>Matting works well to remove white or black halos. Another way to remove white edges is to choose Select>Color Range, choose the Highlights setting and then click ok. I then use the eraser tool to clean up the edges. Another way is to load the layer selection then press Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+I to inverse the selection. Choose Select>feather and enter a small number click ok and then hit the delete key to soften the edges, keep hitting the delete key to increase the effect.

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If you are familiar with the hugely popular Super Tutorial on building a web site with Photoshop and Dreamweaver, or my book "From Photoshop to Dreamweaver", you will LOVE this book. This is not an update, this is a COMPLETELY NEW BOOK! This is all the stuff I wish I had put in the previous book such as Expanded explanation of slices and tables, frames and iframes, liquid sites, e-commerce, drop down menus and more. This is a FULL COLOR simple to follow guide that will take you through concept to upload of the DreamweaverCAFE site. It is also flexible enough that you can apply the lessons to any site! I wrote this as the book I wish I had when I started designing web sites.

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