Photoshop cutting out a image

[phily_uk]

Hi im new to photoshop and i want to cut a head of a picture i dont want any of the background just the head and i want to save it and then import it into macromedia flash mx 2004.

can someone tell me how to do this? thank you

[flashpipe]

LOTS of different ways to do that, lots of tutorials out there for that...Here are a few:
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/blremovebackg.htm
http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/extracting/extract.html
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/masking-techniques-photoshop

I usually use a combination of extract & masking or (if I have to be very exact) using the pen tool to make a path.

Be sure to put the cutout of your head on a transparent background and save it as a PNG file to keep the transparency when you bring it into flash, otherwise, you'll have a big white square around your image...

Hope that helps!!

[phily_uk]

LOTS of different ways to do that, lots of tutorials out there for that...Here are a few:
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/blremovebackg.htm
http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/extracting/extract.html
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/masking-techniques-photoshop

I usually use a combination of extract & masking or (if I have to be very exact) using the pen tool to make a path.

Be sure to put the cutout of your head on a transparent background and save it as a PNG file to keep the transparency when you bring it into flash, otherwise, you'll have a big white square around your image...

Hope that helps!!

THANKS u have been most helpful.