# Translation **URL:** \ **Category:** web dev\ **Created:** [April 7, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/translation/184745 "2006-04-07T12:27:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vectar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vectar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vectar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/translation/184745/1 "2006-04-07T12:27:01Z")
I have a picture and cut out a person from it and delete the rest and its transparant so when i place it in a brochure you will only have the person. In dutch we call this “vrijstaande foto” but what is the correct English term for this image kind ? Anybody know ? ---
**Author:** ![soulty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/soulty/32/105_2.png) [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/translation/184745/2 "2006-04-07T13:40:28Z")
transparent photo? i could only get foto out of that but vrijstaande… well uhh i can only assume thats transparent. :lol: give me 3 days and i can ask my boss who is dutch on monday morning 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Flash\_M\_in\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Flash\_M\_in\_X](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Flash_M_in_X)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/translation/184745/3 "2006-04-07T15:17:26Z")
We call this a cut-out image. I don’t know whether you know the best way to do this but I’ll tell you anyway just in case - I am presuming you’re using PhotoShop Use the pen tool to draw a path round the image - always draw your path just inside the image you’re cutting out. Save the path In the path palette go to Clipping Path and select the path you’ve just saved. Save as EPS. You don’t need to get rid of the background this way so your image is still intact for future use. ---
**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/translation/184745/4 "2006-04-07T23:06:38Z")
heh the online translator calls it a “being free photo”… i think we have the right idea though. in terms of doing it, i would personally just use a layer mask and create a selection around the man, then mask out the background. Still non-destructive, and i find it gives more options than the pen tool. and just save it as a png. ---
**Author:** ![soulty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/soulty/32/105_2.png) [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/translation/184745/5 "2006-04-08T01:14:23Z")
^ no no, save as a tiff or eps, If he is creating a brochure he is most probably putting this into indesign. ---
**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/translation/184745/6 "2006-04-08T07:29:43Z")
ahh yes good call. should’ve noticed the brochure bit. ---
**Author:** ![ya3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@ya3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ya3)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/translation/184745/7 "2006-04-08T08:23:55Z")
> [@Flash M-in-X](#): > > We call this a cut-out image. or knocked-out, transparent, masked, matted, or “deep-etched” (as the old-schoolers like to say) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Vectar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vectar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vectar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/translation/184745/8 "2006-04-08T08:48:22Z")
Thanks peeps, i just needed the words because we are working with a agency in England and we was setting up a letter and needed to know the right word. Thanks for all the help i will pick one out [http://www.kirupaforum.com/images/smilies/widesmile.gif](http://www.kirupaforum.com/images/smilies/widesmile.gif) :beam: