Photo editing - isolation of single subject and removal of background

While watching a demo of your slide show software, and the enhancements of photos in that software, the demo showed a way to highlight or isolate one section of a photo, and effectively back out / hide / delete all other components of the photo. IE, a photo of a baseball player during a play could be reduced to just the player. It appeared relatively simple in the iworks software. Is the same opportunity possible in IPHOTO, if so, how?
Thanks

No it isn't.
You'll need an external editor for that: In order of price here are some suggestions:
Seashore (free)
_[The Gimp|http://www.gimp.org/macintosh>_ also free
Graphic Coverter ($45 approx)
Acorn ($50 approx)
[Pixelmator|http://www.pixelmator.com> ($60 approx.)
Photoshop Elements ($75 approx)
There are many, many other options. Search on MacUpdate.
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
btw:
While watching a demo of your slide show software,
This forum is a place where Users come to get help from +other users+. Apple aren't here. You're not talking to Apple on these forums.
Regards
TD

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