Black Figure Options

[Whinoa]

i remember we used to have this tutorial on cutting out a figure and transforming it to black.

where do i find it?

for instance, we cropped this person out of the picture on another layer/document. we get rid of the existing colors to make it only black. the next thing is to add smoothness to the figure to blend with the white background. remember that one? yeah.

was it that little boy, Mike who made the tutorial? are there any alternative tutorials?