Cut outs CS5

[jenkins]

<p>I know how to cut out images, but when I flatten the cutout image the background becomes white which i don't want as i have to cut it out all over again.</p>

<p>I have saved a file without flattening it so the background is transparent as when I paste it into the new photo I just want it to float, so i can move it around easily.</p>

<p>Is the the best way to select the cutout just copy and then paste into new image, I seem to be getting some background image this way, also I couldn't move it? Was it locked?</p>

[peter_cohen]

<p>If you've done an extraction and saved without flattening, then you'll have a PSD or TIF with two layers. To place the selection into another file that you're using as a background, open both documents and simply drag the layer with the selection onto the file with the background.</p>

<p>Then, using your move tool, you can place the selection wherever you want on the background.</p>

[jenkins]

<p>Oh that was embarrassingly easy lol - Thanks Peter.</p>

[scott_ferris]

<p>Or just copy your selection, open new document and save, it will be on your new document on its own layer.</p>