If you have a complex background, an easier method would be to invert your
selection and then hit the delete key to file the entire selection with your
current background color.  Note that this will only work if you are NOT
using a transparent background (i.e. layer 0).  Hope this helps...


Brad Boutwell
BDB Design
Tulsa, OK

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Make sure that black is the foreground color in the tools pallet. . . click
on the paint bucket and then click on the part that you want to be
background. . . .you may have to click more than once, but the background
will then become black.

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>I have scanned a photograph and saved it as a psd file in Photoshop 5.0
>I want to make the background of my selected subject black. I know I can do
>this manually with a paint brush but this is a tedious process that doesn't
>always produce a clean transition between the subject and the background.
>Is there a easier way to do this...some way to select the subject and use
>the paint bucket to color the background ?  Step by step please .

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