? extracting window panes to make alpha texture

I am trying to make an alpha image..I have a picture of a window with about 30 panes of glass, and want to remove the panes of glass..I have tried several methods, but none are proving very effective, the image is black and white..I am a new user to cs3

one method alone won't work, you'll have to use Select->Color Range to make the first, rough selection, go into Quick Mask mode, turn off the RGB channel by hitting ~ and then use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to remove most of the junk. You might need to refine the selection while in Quick Mask mode with either Levels and/or with the Burn and Dodge Tools

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