Photoshop help urgently needed

[JDeRouen]

Trying to put together a birthday invitation for my son's BD. Took a pic of him in his Wolverine costume and want to remove the background so I can plug it into the invite, but my skills are not up to the task. If anyone out there might be willing to lend a hand, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Here is the pic. It's huge, because I didn't want to shrink it down in the event that made it more difficult to deal with.

http://fletcherderouen.com/wolvie/100_5023.jpg

If you need incentive, I'd happily pay for help.

Joe

[Mikey]

I cant pull the image away from the background, but I can try painting the background out.

Would that help ?

[JDeRouen]

Thanks Mike! But not if it's too difficult. I don't want you having to spend a lot of time on it. I did manage to crop around him, and it looks... passable. Not perfect, but it looks okay.

[noelani72]

here is a .PNG without a background for ya:

[Mikey]

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[Mikey]

Chad's is neater then mine --- OF COURSE

[noelani72]

lol. ohh Mike.
I saved it as a png with transparent background...but as I tested my graphic here, it saved with a black background. wth?

[Mikey]

I just sloppily hand painted it out and saved it as a jpeg

[noelani72]

ahhh, it is transparent...i was having a brainfart. GOtta right click it, save picture as...then Paint Shop understands it is transparent so he can put it on whatever background he wants.

[noelani72]

here is a Wolverine font for the card design:

Free Wolverine Font Download - Infos, TTF Preview CharMap | DailyFreeFonts.com

[toysforlife]

if no one else gets it let me know I can run it through photoshop with the trace wand for ya.

[JDeRouen]

Chad... Mike... you guys are my heroes!! Thanks so much!! (even though I never got to see Mike's try! Mike, did you remove it??)

[Mikey]

Yea, Joe

Chad's blew mine away so I deleted it to save space in my picture folder.

[noelani72]

your quite welcome Joe ;-)