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Image Cutout Studio in PagePlus X3
Remove Backgrounds

From Jacci Howard Bear, About.com

With the Image Cutout Studio you can remove distracting backgrounds and put the focus on the subject of the photo.
A dotted line (marching ants) shows the outline you've drawn around your subject.

In the original photo view, a dotted line (marching ants) shows the outline you've drawn around your subject.

© J. James
With the Image Cutout Studio, removing backgrounds from photos is just a few brushstrokes and clicks away. Simply brush over the portions of an image you don't want with the discard brush or those you do want with the keep brush. Preview your image throughout the process. Choose from several different views, zoom in and out, and change the brush size in order to keep or discard exactly those portions you want. Set up the tools to give you a nice crisp edge or varying degrees of blended transparency.

Once you have the image the way you want, click OK and the newly edited photo appears in your layout. From there you can move it around, layer it over or under text and graphics, and even add new backgrounds.

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