Trouble with getting a clean Face image

Dude, wow, jagged or not, better than I could do.

Nicu wrote up a great example:

http://howto.nicubunu.ro/gimp_hackergotchi/

or maybe

http://www.linux.com/archive/feed/61131

Here is a copy of the face I made with the second link above it seems to look better but it is still rather jagged on the corners and up top

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I took a swing at it. Here”s a link to what I was able to come up with: http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3826/10622365.png

I must apologize, though, since I used Photoshop to work on the image (as that”s the image editor I”m most proficient with)

@dave looks good alot cleaner then the one I did

@Scott Baker: thanks for linking my tutorial!

@Andrew Jamison: as an integrated tool, GIMP has the SIOX foreground extractor tool, but the results will be far from perfect and in need of a lot of manual tweaking.

Many of the avatars on Planet Fedora are made by members of the Design Team as a service we provide for the community.

Also, cutting the image is only a small part of the work (not that the entire work is that much… maybe taking 5-10 minutes when you know what you are doing), is also a good idea to improve the sharpness, correct the colors and add a crop shadow. In the case of your image I would also correct the top of your head (with the clone tool) to make it round, not flat.

@David Schroeder: also add a drop shadow. it is important, will make the edges appear nicer.

I see Nicu has already stopped by.

Personally I simply use the Eraser Tool in GIMP. For tough parts like hair and such, I usually switch the brush to “Circle Fuzzy” instead of just “Circle” to “cheat” a little bit. As Nicu says, throw a nice drop shadow on it when you”re done and it”ll look great.

Or if you don”t feel like it, give the Design Team a call and we”ll gladly do it for you!

Yup, a hackergtchi is simple enough that you don”t need more advanced tools than just the eraser. The other ways to do it are mostly ways to learn more about GIMP.

A simple one with a drop shadow is here http://imgur.com/w9jGQ.png

The GIMP file with the masks, shadows and a white background is here: http://l4.me.uk/~rjw57/temp/masked-andrew-jamison.xcf

@ Rich Wareham – Excellent work man thank you so much for taking the time to help me out. I will update my Planet Face and the like now. Again thanks alot!