Like the Color Range command, which is discussed on pages 156–157, the Magic Wand lets you control the range of pixels the tool selects, but unlike Color Range, this tool lets you add nonsimilar colors to the selection. To select color areas with the Magic Wand tool. Click a layer or the Background. Choose the Magic Wand tool (W or Shift-W). On the Options bar:. Choose a Tolerance value (use the scrubby slider) to control the range of colors the tool selects (for a starting value, try between 30 and 40). Check Anti-alias to allow the tool to add semitransparent pixels along the edges of the color areas it detects.
This will produce smoother edge transitions for your image edits. Check Contiguous to limit the selection to areas that are connected to the first pixel you click, or uncheck this option to allow the tool to select similarly colored, noncontiguous (unconnected) areas throughout the image with the same click. To select possible occurrences of a similar color on all visible layers, check Sample All Layers, or uncheck this option to select colors on just the current layer. Click a color in the image. Unless your image contains nothing but totally flat color areas (which is unlikely), you’ll have to do some extra work to refine the selection.
Do any of the following:. To add to the selection, Shift-click any unselected areas. To select additional, noncontiguous areas of a similar color or shade based on the current Tolerance value, right-click in the document and choose Similar. (This command works the same whether the Contiguous option is checked or not.). Optional: If you have selected a background area that you want to remove and you clicked a layer in step 1, press Backspace/Delete; or if you clicked the Background in step 1, press Ctrl-Backspace/Cmd-Delete.
Commands that I am talking about lives in Layer > Matte > Remove White/Black Matte. Both commands are available only with the pixel based layer selected. The first step is to select the pixel based layer in the Layers panel. Usually, It is an object with transparent background and tiny black.
Deselect (Ctrl-D/Cmd-D). You can change the Tolerance value for the Magic Wand tool between clicks. For example, for more control when adding unselected shades or colors along the edges of a selection, lower the Tolerance value incrementally: Click with a Tolerance of 30–40 first, lower the value to 15–20 and click again, then finally lower it to 5–10 and click once more. To select just one color or shade, use a Tolerance of 0 or 1.
To undo the results of the last click made with the Magic Wand tool or to undo the last use of the Similar command, press Ctrl-Z/Cmd-Z.
I would suggest using the pen tool to trace the doctor. When you complete the trace select paths tab on the same side window that has your layers (if it is not in there go to window and show Paths). Then use the little upper right hand corner button in the paths menu to 'make selection'. Edit copy, file new, edit paste. The paste should be on a new layer and then you can just select the eye next to the background layer to make it invisible. When you save make sure you use the Save for Web or other devices and select either a GIF or PNG file and preserve transparency.