Any Photoshop gurus around?

[Newton]

Quick is not good man .. The best way is to place the image on a new layer above the background, then make the background/or previous layer something like lime green and as vibrant as you can bear. Go to the layer with the image in it and start using the paintbrush on 5 pixel soft edge and the mode drop down set to Clear .. then proceed to trace around the edge of the image carefully, changing the brush widths as required.Just remove the rest of the background with either the magic wand or with the marquee tool/paintbrush of larger size to leave just the image. Once it is all done you will be left with an image you can place on any background.

[Dravyk]

I usually use the lasso polygon tool, close trace the outline of the person. Where there's a sharp angle I go close, when it comes to hair and other things of a "fuzzier or busier" nature, I go a few pixels outside. Then paste to a white background and take out the extraneous with a white paintbrush. Finish with a small diameter blur tool for any minor bumps, and then copy that onto the image I'm "chopping".

[Serenity]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

I usually use the lasso polygon tool, close trace the outline of the person. Where there's a sharp angle I go close, when it comes to hair and other things of a "fuzzier or busier" nature, I go a few pixels outside. Then paste to a white background and take out the extraneous with a white paintbrush. Finish with a small diameter blur tool for any minor bumps, and then copy that onto the image I'm "chopping".

Whatever he said. Actually, I've been using Photoshop for years and for me the easiest way has been with the Polygon tool. Just be careful to select smaller pieces, because sometimes it slips. I also then throw it on a colored background, just to make sure I have deleted everything. It is time consuming, but you get the best silhouettes this way.