Cut out a portrait

We’ve provided a cut-out portrait for you to use (download from www.bit.ly/start-70), but if you want to cut out your own, begin by painting over the figure with the Quick Selection brush to select it (hold Alt to erase bits if it goes wrong). When you’re happy with the initial selection, go to Select> Refine Edge and increase the radius to improve it (while in the Refine Edge command, paint over tricky edges, like hair, for a better result). Set Output to Layer Mask and hit OK. You should now have a precise cut-out, to use for this effect or for any other montage idea.