by rich <rich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jun 24, 2008 at 12:12 PM
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:48:53 -0700, gsimonel wrote:
> I have a photograph of a coin:
http://mysite.verizon.net/gsimonel/Temp/Decius.jpg
> .
> I would like to change the background to blue like in this example:
> http://mysite.verizon.net/gsimonel/Temp/Septimius_Severus.jpg
.
> I've tried using the bucket fill and experimenting with different
> thresholds. I've tried using the different selection tools, but I
> can't get a clean edge on the coin. Although I can easily tell where
> the coin ends and the background begins, the software seems to have
> difficulty differentiating between the two. Does anyone have any
> suggestions short of meticulously painting in the background with a
> brush under high magnification? I'd appreciate any shortcuts you could
> offer. Thanks.
>
> Glenn Simonelli
I would use the foreground select tool. Just given it a quick try on your
image and you will need to fill in the whole of the coin. Best to increase
the brush size when you do this.
When complete, invert the selection and cut to leave the coin. Flood fill
the background as required. A little bit of touching up required.
see the manual for use
http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-foreground-select.html
and I found the little video tutorial useful.
http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.4-videos.html
--
rich
