How do you...

[Spectrums]

...blend images well in CS2? I'm not good at that and I really should learn how.

[mannos]

have you looked in the tutorials bit?

[Spectrums]

I have, but haven't found anything.

Let me make my question a little clearer:

How can you cut out the render/stock smoother when there is an odd bg behind it?

[Spectrums]

Still need help..

[Henry]

zoom in close and use the pen tool. if you're inexperienced with the pen tool, use the polygonal lasso, and click a lot.

some tutorials:

http://www.graphicsz.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157
[ pen tool/polygonal lasso ]
http://s15.invisionfree.com/Distorte...wtopic=45&st=0
[ different method, extraction ]

[blindman4556]

ya use poly. tool or pen tool and then go select > modify > cantract like 1 or 2 px and it should come out pretty good if u do it right

[Jeff]

pen tool a path around the outline, then with the path selected go to

Layer > Vector Mask > Current Path

then you can change the background color to something random to see if you did a good cutout, and if not you can easily adjust the vector mask w/ the pen tool until it looks right.

edit, that would mask just what you're trying to cut out, so add a box with the pen tool around everything first, so you'll mask everything but the stock.

[Swampdoggy]

I usually make two layers of the same image, use reveal/hide layer mask, and paint/erase the person I'm trying to take out.

[Ben]

He means blend not cut out???

There are many ways, depends on the piece you are working on.

for signatures usually a few gaussian blurs/motion blurs can work on a few duoplicated layers of the render.

[Redx]

Theres tons of ways you can blend on photoshop. Looking for tutorials may help.