1: Create the cutout selection

When your subject is surrounded by a simple or uniform background:

  1. Click the Discard Brush Tool.

  1. Click and drag on the image to mark the areas to discard. Cutout Studio locates similar adjoining areas and extends your selection to incorporate them.

Click Undo if you inadvertently select an area that you do not want to delete or select the area with the Keep Brush Tool.

When your subject is surrounded by a complex background:

  1. Click the Keep Brush Tool.

  1. Click and drag on the image to mark the areas to keep. Cutout Studio locates similar adjoining areas and extends your selection to incorporate them.

Click Undo if you inadvertently select an area that you want to delete or select the area with the Discard Brush Tool.


Optional:

If you're using a wheel mouse, zoom in and out by pressing the Ctrl key while rotating the wheel, or, by holding down the wheel (middle-button wheels only) while rotating it.


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