Hannah Ringholm

By request, a manip of fitness competitor Hannah Ringholm. Here she proves that she is, quite literally, more powerful than a locomotive.

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Awesome!

Now that's pretty cool! Thanks for sharing it.

Ya know, I am somewhat of a train buff. I hope no ACTUAL locomotives were damaged in the making of this picture!

Ya know, I am somewhat of a train buff. I hope no ACTUAL locomotives were damaged in the making of this picture!

Um, sorry dude... This is a shot of Hannah relaxing on the set of the photoshoot. We went through about a dozen locomotives before we got it right.

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Very nice pair of pics, the second one is particularly funny.

How do you cut out your figures? The only way I know is to delete everything from a picture apart from my subject, then use select by colour.

Very nice pair of pics, the second one is particularly funny.

How do you cut out your figures? The only way I know is to delete everything from a picture apart from my subject, then use select by colour.

I'm using GIMP and I don't know how the terms translate into other apps. Gimp has a nice tool (that's almost completely hidden) called the quick mask, which allows you to make a selection by drawing into a channel - black for unselected and white for selected.

I usually make a rough cut around the figure using the free select or match by color if there's a strong background. Then I improve it using the quick mask. I usually zoom in and make a series of free selections and fill them.

When I have a good selection, I shrink it (how much depends on the resolution of the pic) by a few pixels and then feather it by a pixel or two less than I shrank it. This usually cleans up the edges and makes the selection softer. Then I use the selection to make a layer mask so don't delete anything permanently.

If you're using Gimp, then I can recommend "Beginning Gimp" by Akkana Peck. I'm lucky that I came across a copy at the library.

Hope that helps.

I’m using GIMP as well. Thanks for the advice, I’ll have a go with that on my next picture (don’t know when that will be).