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Creating Artwork - Photo Cutouts using your own photos or found photos

Cropping objects out of images

Example (it’s easiest if your object stands out from the background):

• Following same steps as above, double click background layer to turn into a regular layer:

Option 1: Using object selection tool

• Drag over the object and see if Photoshop selects what you want it to. In this case it did:

Option 2: Using Quick Selection Tool

• Adjust the brush size in this menu bar. Experiment so that brush is similar size, but a bit smaller than the shapes in your object

This is a good size to select the main portion of this object:

For smaller sections of object, you can make the selection brush smaller.

Removing from selected area

For example, if you select this sand area:

Press the option (or alt if you are on windows) key while selecting the areas you would like to remove from your selection.

Now: Once your finished making your selection

Now in the menubar go to Selection -> Inverse to select background. Delete the background to leaves transparency around the object:

Saving as a Transparent PNG

• In the menubar go to Image -> Image Size. Make your image about 1500 pixels in the maximum dimension.
• Go to File -> Export -> Quick Export as PNG. Save the file to your computer in a recognizable location.

Add the photo to your CGDT Unity project

• Make sure your CGDT project is open
• In the Project panel in your Unity project, navigate to the Photos folder. Drag your PNG to that folder in the Project panel.
• Drag it into your scene!