Adobe Photoshop 7.0

[theartisanscorner]

I'm trying to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop 7.0.
I'm realizing I have not a clue as to what I'm doing.
All I'm trying to figure out is how to get the background color of a picture my brother drew to look white as snow so I can make an iron on transfer and iron it on a white shirt. The background is kind of an off color and I'd rather have it a crisp white.

Please help.
Jodie

[nickc1976]

I would recommend buying a book if you need to get to grips with Photoshop. I like the Visual Quickstart series, see here:
Link Edit

There are a couple of ways of doing what you are trying to do. If you are trying to edit a drawing, then Photoshop may not be the best tool.

1. Open the image

2. Select the Lasso tool

3. Roughly draw around the picture making sure that everything you need to keep is within the line

4. Select Edit > Copy

5. Select File > New

6. Under "Contents" select "White", then click on "OK"

7. Select Edit > Paste

8. Now you can use the magnifying glass to zoom right in to view individual pixels. At this zoom you can use the eraser tool to erase everything around the edges of your image. This will leave you with just your picture on a white background. Make sure you reduce the brush size of your eraser to a size that is suitable - probably 1-2 pixels.

[soybean]

nick, can you change the hyperlink in your post to Photoshop 7 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guides) (Paperback) ? The long URL you posted makes horizontal scrolling necessary to read this thread with a monitor set at 1024 x 768 resolution.

[patio]

Done.

[soybean]

Thank, patio.   

[dl65]

theartisanscorner ........ The way I do what you are trying to do is.........
open the image you wish to edit.
Select the "Magic wand tool" ..........  click it on the edge of say the face and it should give you a fine dotted line around the image..
Now select the "Eraser tool" and simply erase all the background and it will be nice and white.

dl65