There is a fork of GIMP that has a fantastic foreground select tool. I used it in a recent tutorial, so it's fresh in my head:
http://blog.patdavid.net/2013/08/an-open-source-headshot-ronni.html It's RGGJAN fork (so you'll need to download another GIMP). The tool you'll want is the foreground select tool. There's a video on that link as well if it helps clarify things a bit. On Monday, August 26, 2013, bluseagal wrote: > Hello, > I have read through the forum and found many interesting tutorials. > But still, I dont really know what to do. > > I need to edit around 100 pictures like this: > http://www.freeimagehosting.net/yo9ax > > Here I already made most of the background white and then tried to adjust > the > closer background with the Level-Tool, but just influences my dress too > much > > I read many tutorials, but they all don't work for me. The fuzzy tool is > useless, because part of the background is always involved in the dress. > > Is there any way to change the background to white and maybe a tutorial > for this > special kind of picture? > > Thank you so much, > > Gigi > > Attachments: > * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/68/original/dress.JPG > > -- > bluseagal (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org <javascript:;> > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > -- pat david http://blog.patdavid.net _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list