removing chroma key from a picture

[fiuOY]

hello all.

Brand new to this forum. Hope I can get some help.

looking for the best way to remove the green screen from the pic below using photoshop 7. I have tried different methods but all seem to yield similar results.

They work pretty good but when put against a black background it doesn't look too good.

Here's the pic I'm trying to work with.

p.s., I know the pic doesn't have the best quality, but that's the point. If I find a method that can work on this picture, then it will work wonders with a welll taken picture.

Thanks in advance.

[fiuOY]

here's the pic..sorry

[DVeditor]

Well one way you can do it is by using the "extract" function, another is to manually create a mask for the subject, and still a third would be to use a plugin to extract a color key. What you use will depend on the source image. In this case I see very little spill on the subject and no harsh shadows so it should be fairly easy! Hope this helps!

Later.

[fiuOY]

well a mask would work fine, but I'll probably have to 30 of these. But the plug in sounds good. Do you know of any for photoshop 7.

thanks in advace

[DVeditor]

Sure. You can use ultimatte for starters, but I don't think it's a cheap plugin. If you are going to be doing a lot of them then the extract function is probably going to be your best bet. Hope this helps.

Later.