I was gonna suggest the Extract Filter as well, with the caveat that the background needs to be relatively clean and give enough contrast so that PS can SEE the difference between the character and background. If you have a character wearing black against a black background, GOOD LUCK! Another could simply be to generally lasso the character, drag it onto the new document you're compositing it into, and mask it. Make sure the correct character's Layer is selected, click the icon at the bottom of the layer palette that is a shaded square with a clear circle in it, and that creates the mask. Click on the mask box (in the Layer stack) to make sure it's active, get your brush out (hit the letter "B"), hit "D" to make sure you're at default Black and White colors, and wherever you paint Black will hide what's on the layer. If you paint too much, paint White and it will reveal it again. Alter the brush's hardness (F5) for finer or softer edges, the opacity to see more or less of the layer, etc. Sans2012 is exactly right - if you can post the image (gotta get it to fit into 800x600, or just the section you're trying to cut out), maybe we can give you more precise advice. Good luck- -Lew ;-)