There are 2 different ways to cutout things in PI. From the main menu under CUTOUTS & PICTURES, you can choose from CUTOUT OF PICTURE or TRIM CUTOUT/CUT A HOLE

The difference here is that when you take a big graphic and use CUTOUTS & PICTURES

it will cut out your part, and make it a graphic of it's own, and leave the original graphic untouched, incase you need to cut something else out of it. While, when you use TRIM CUTOUT/CUT A HOLE, it cuts out the object you want, and your orignal graphic is gone.

So for instance if you are cutting 2 kids out of a photo, but you can't cut them out together, so you cut one out, and then want to go back and cut the other out, use the first option. But if there is only one kid, then you can use the 2nd option.

I am using this graphic to try and show the difference in cutting out.

And under the 2 main cutout options are even more options of ways to cut out your object.

Under CUTOUTS & PICTURES you can choose to cutout "With the edge Finder"

or "By tracing an area on my own"

or By color selection"

or "With a cookie cutter shape"

The difference in these depends on what you are cutting out. With Edge Finder, I use it for things that have a very good edge that it can follow. This works best if you take tiny steps outlining your object, because it gives you a blockin kind of area that you follow the edge with. I do find it harder to moved later to get right on the edge. For "tracing on your own" is the best way to cut out, in my opinion. You control where the lines go and how they look. You can adjust it the best to cutout your object. The "Color Selection" option works wonderful if your object has no colors in it, that the background does. You have to be very careful with this one also, because if you miss any of the object, then you just have empty places in your finished cutout.

What a cutout should look like!

I made this gem on purpose look like this, to show what can happen if you accidently miss some of the cutout by color. Where you see the red through the gem is just blank areas, and it happens without you knowing it sometimes, until you place your cutout on another color, then you see it...drives me crazy! I have found one of the best ways to have this not happen is too make the graphic really big, so you can see close, then you see more. Also, you can take the little eyedroper tool and just hold down your mouse and run it across the graphic, catching some of the areas all at once.

And finally the "Cookie cutter" is great for cropping type cutting out this with the same shape as the cutter.

For the options under "Trim Cutout" you get 3 of the same options and they work the same way.

When you are done outlining your cutout, you then just click on the green flag and it turns yellow, now you can adjust your lines. You just run your mouse over the line, when it turns pink, you can click your mouse and hold it, then move the line.

After you are done, click the yellow flag and then you get to choose what part you want cutout. The area that is bright and looks like the original is the part that will be cut out, and the milky looking part will stay where it is.