Problems cutting out background

[sallyanne]

If you are doing the - "path around the foreground, then path to selection" there are two ways you can go ahead from here.
Same if you are using a mask to make your selection
1. Invert your selection so only the outer area is selected then press the delete button or edit > clear
2. Leave the selection as is - 'cut' the foreground out of the picture and 'paste as' a new image.