How to change photos help please

meerustar

I want to get about 4 pics of mine from my wedding blown up and framed. Only thing is the background .. there are vans and allsorts passing behind us and I want a nice flowery background or something.

Does anyone know how I can change the background of my pics and if there is easy to use image software (or trial) available.

I love the pics but the background spoils them and I have my frames ready to go.

TIA

secretdancer

You'd have to use Photoshop or similar software and manipulate the photo to effectively erase the background. Something like this shows you how: http://www.picturecorrect.com/photoshoptips/remove_items.htm

Good luck!

cargo

Could be very fiddly job and look a bit odd if the wrong background was inserted.
Maybe if you upload the pics somewhere someone may offer better advice or even have a go at doing them for ya.
I would imagine it's a job for photoshop or the like.
good look.


oops was writng at same time as above.

meerustar

Thankyou, I have also had someone PM me offering to look and advise me what to do. Thanks

home_alone

one of the best free photo bits of software is see link below just play around with it.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/PhotoFiltre_d4587.html

gary

sevlow

most of the photo editing sofware packages- adobe elements etc will allow you to select elements from within an image and split them out onto different layers. The final image then becomes a composite of the individual layes.

You could for example split the background from the people in the image and put tem on seperate layers. You could then blurr the background layer so that it is out of focus but still in keeping with the context of the original image.