Help with Adobe Photoshop?

I like to make backrounds for my desktop by just taking pictures off the internet. My question is, how can I take just the picture's outline--say a flower, and not the backround? Like this one picture I got, it's a rose on a black backround. How can I get just the rose, not the black backround? If there is an easy way to do this, please tell me! I don't want to hear of any classes you can take online that you have to pay for. I just need to know how do do this one thing. Thank you!

Help with Adobe Photoshop?
There are several ways to do this. The overall process involves three steps:



1) Outline the piece of the image you want.

2) Cut it.

3) Paste it into a new image (possibly with a transparent background.)



Further explanation:



1) There are two sets of tools to do this with, the lasso tools and the magic wand. For something like the black background example, you would use the magic wand, which selects all pixels that are similar in color. In the black background example, you would select the magic wand, and then click on the black background to select it. You would then goto select, inverse to select the area not selected, which is the rose.



If your picture is more complicated, you may need to use the lasso tool (which is right next to the wand tool). You want to start with the magnetic lasso. Click on the edge of the object you want to outline and move the mouse around.. you'll notice that the computer is trying to fit the lasso to the outline of the object. Every time you click it fixes a point. Move around the object clicking frequently. Once you get back to the point you started from the tool will disappear and the "running ants" effect will appear on the lasso outline. (It will be obvious when this happens.) At this point it is possible to use the other lasso tools to "tweak" the outline a little... you can play with this yourself. Holding down alt and drawing a new lasso will exclude that area from the currently selected area. Doing the same thing while holding down shift will add the new lasso to the selected area.



2) Goto edit, copy.



3) Open a new document. If you want a transparent background make sure to specify that when you create it. Goto edit and choose Paste. The image you cut out will now be in the new document for you to play with.



When you're done, save the file to a format you can use in a program other than photoshop. Note: some formats, like jpegs do not support transparency, which means you can't have transparent backgrounds.
Reply:try http://nututorials.com



Good luck!
Reply:Using the Quick Mask method is the best and most effect way, IMO, if you know how to use it correctly.
Reply:There are lots and lots of ways to do what you've described. The easiest (but not the best) way is to use the magnetic lasso tool, provided that there's a lot of contrast between the rose and the background.



This will help you out:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photosh...
Reply:If the background is pretty solid black, use the wand tool to select the background, not the rose, and then invert your selection so the rose is what's selected.
Reply:im no expert but there is a tool where u can click on the edge of the flower n it will go all around the flower for you as if u had cut round it with scissors it might be in the bitmap editor thats like a separate program..... theres loads of free photoshop tutorials and forums about.

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