Many Photoshop users use rather complex methods to remove backgrounds, when they could do it much easier using the Background Eraser tool. This tool can automatically recognize edges and has various settings for shading the selected area, thanks to which the result of the tool is excellent. In this Photoshop tutorial we will learn how to remove the sky from the background and replace it with some other sky from the set with celestial gradients.
Preview of the finished result
Step 1: Select an image to work with
Open the image in Photoshop from which you want to remove the background. For this tutorial I'm going to use a scene with two trees against a blue sky. You can successfully use the methods and techniques described below in any other situations with other images.
Step 2: How the tool works
Despite its name “Background Eraser,” this tool has much broader erasing capabilities than simply removing the background. In fact, his work is more like color erasing. So, let's get started and choose a tool. You can hold Shift and press E repeatedly to cycle through the tools in the eraser panel. Or directly click on the tool icon on the toolbar.
Once you select a tool, the options in the top bar will change and your mouse pointer will change to a circle with a crosshair in the center. With a crosshair we indicate the color that needs to be removed, as a result of which everything inside the circle that has the same color will be deleted. Right-click anywhere on the canvas to open the window for setting the parameters of this tool.
Remember that the Hardness value should always be as high as possible, otherwise the tool may leave behind un-removed background fragments. Set right size brushes, and set the size of the intervals relatively small, in the range of 1-50%, so that the removal is carried out softly and evenly.
In the top options bar, enable the Sampling Once mode, so that we can set the desired color once and process a larger area. For now, set the Limits parameters to Contiguous and Tolerance to 50%.
Step 3: Let's start with tyranny
Click at an arbitrary point in the sky, hold down the LMB and drag across the canvas, erasing the sky area.
As you can see in the image above, the background between the ropes and leaves remains untouched. This occurs due to the Limits settings configured. Go back to the top options bar and change the Constraints to Discontiguous. Now repeat the erasing process and observe the effect.
You'll notice that Edge Enhance mode can remove the background, even if it's in an isolated area, such as between branches and leaves.
Step 4: A Few More Options
In my case, when I worked with the tool at Tolerance - 50% (set by default), the result was quite acceptable. But don't be alarmed if you suddenly end up with something like this:
If this happens, then the background color is too close to the color of the object itself, and you just need to reduce the Tolerance levels. If the background color is quite different from the color of the object itself, which is located on this background (as, for example, in my case), then the Tolerance can be increased, obtaining an even more perfect result. With the correct tolerance value, you should end up with something like this:
Step 5: Even more customization!
If, after several attempts to select the desired Tolerance level, the tool still gives you problems by erasing the objects themselves along with the background, activate the Protect Foreground Color option by checking the Protect Foreground Color checkbox.
This will allow you to specify a sample of the main color (you can take a color sample by clicking on the desired area while holding Alt), which Photoshop will not erase while working with the Background Eraser tool. Below is an example of how this option works.
Step 6: Different Background Colors
After applying the Background Eraser tool over the entire background area with one given color, you can get this result:
Despite the fact that the background in my case looks completely blue, in fact it contains various shades of blue, and in some places, even white areas. To fix this, you just need to set another color, different from the previous one, and repeat the process. You can also try turning on the Sampling Continous option on the top panel.
But I don't recommend that you do this, as you run the risk of getting too close to your subjects (in this case, trees), accidentally picking up color samples from them, and thus erasing areas of the image that you didn't intend to erase at all. Therefore, it is better to simply point the crosshairs at an area with a different background color, and repeat the erasing process. And so on until the image is completely cleared of the background.
Step 7: Final Step
Once the background is removed, you have two paths you can take next. You can select the objects you just cleared of the background and use them in a project to create another composition, or replace the removed background with something else, creating a new image (this is what we will do). Download the set with celestial gradients and choose one of your choice. I decided to replace my previous background with a clear blue sky:
Here's what happened as a result:
Finished result:
I hope you liked the lesson, and you now have one more in your bag of tricks and tricks that will make your creative process easier.
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In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, you can remove the background from a drawing to highlight or emphasize the main idea or remove distracting details.
Background removal is not available for vector art files such as SVG, AI, WMF, and DRW.
Figure 1: original drawing
Figure 2: Same drawing with background removed
You can use the automatic background removal feature or draw lines to determine which areas of the design to keep and which to delete.
Figure 3: Original drawing with background removal lines
Save changes Save as picture
You can apply artistic effects, such as pencil sketches or cement, to the drawing that remains after removing the background, or add drawing effects, such as shadows, glows, or reflections. For example, if you save only one flower in a drawing, when you apply a shadow, it will only be visible on the flower that was saved when you removed the background.
Saving a modified drawing
Changes made to the background of a picture affect only the copy of the picture that appears in the presentation, document, book, or message. They do not affect the original image file. However, once you've finished customizing and selecting Save Changes, you can right-click the image and select Save as Picture to save the modified image as a separate file.
Important: Compressing a drawing to reduce file size changes the amount of detail in the original drawing. This means that after compression, the drawing may look different than before compression. Therefore, before removing the background, you must compress the image and save the file. If the result after compression and background removal is unsatisfactory, compression can be canceled even after saving the file, as long as the program in which the compression was performed is not completed.
You can add effects such as shadows, reflections, and glows to a drawing in which the background has been removed. These effects will only be applied to the visible area of the drawing. For example, if you apply a shadow, it will only be visible on the part of the drawing that was saved when you removed the background. Optional: Save the changed drawing
Changes you make to the background of a picture affect only the copy of the picture that appears in the presentation, document, book, or email message. They do not affect the original image file.
However, after you're finished and choose to save changes, you can save a separate copy of the modified drawing to use elsewhere.
Right-click the image and select Save as Picture to save the updated image as a separate file.
Video: Remove the background from a picture in Office for Mac 2011.
Hello, dear readers!
Photoshop is an interesting thing that everyone should be able to use! I will not explain here what it is and how, I will just give useful lessons in understandable language.
As many people say, I will write for dummies!
For some, Photoshop is a hobby, for others it is a way to make money, or just entertainment... But for me, Photoshop is another indispensable tool, without which there is no way for me and my blog!
He helps me make cool, unique pictures (I’ll write about this later - I have my own tricks there, I advise you to subscribe to my blog. Otherwise, the article will come out and you won’t know about it...)
Make various 3D boxes and covers, inscriptions, etc.
Therefore, I gradually began to master this knowledge, and I want to start teaching you too! These won’t be just another dull and abstruse lesson for professionals - everything will be for dummies in an interesting format (friends, no offense here).
On this occasion, I am creating another section on the blog called “Photoshop Lessons”!
Yes, I have a lot of sections, and there’s even one empty one - but don’t look at it! Soon I will correct myself and fill everything with useful articles...
You just need to subscribe to my blog and wait for them to appear on your e-mail! And your subscriptions are like a lighthouse in the wilderness, they will motivate me and show me the right path, and then there will be no room for laziness!
Well, let’s finish with such a fabulous introduction and it’s time to start the topic of the post...
In this short article we will reveal this little secret: “How to remove the background from a picture in Photoshop?”
Recently, I myself asked myself such a question and was in search of an answer to it... But now, I do all this in a matter of seconds and even fellow bloggers ask me for help (I didn’t tell them the secret and said that I’d better write an article about this - they'll be happy)
How to remove the background from a picture in Photoshop!But first we need a program called Photoshop (more precisely - Adobe Photoshop )…
It doesn’t matter what version, but the main thing is that it is there! Or you can use online Photoshop, finding it through any search engine - its capabilities are not particularly inferior to those of the installation program!
Let's open our Photoshop...
Now we need to add our image to remove the background: File - Open... (I think there is no need for a screenshot here)
I will use this picture as an example ( I’ll also take the blog libraries so as not to load too much):
P.S. But here’s a small note: the picture must be in JPG format, this trick will not work with PNG and GIF formats... But if your picture is not in JPG format, then this is not a reason for frustration - we just need to change the picture format!
How to change the picture format?
Everything is simple here! You can use, for example, the Paint program (this is a standard program that is on every computer - or at least it should be)
Open the picture and simply save it in the format we already need (Jpg) without any changes!
This trick doesn’t work with Photoshop: it doesn’t want to save images in PNG and GIF format to Jpg...
By the way, I use Adobe Photoshop CS6 Portable... (p.s. I'm very good version gotcha)
After adding an image, in the “ Layers"Double-click and in the window that opens, click " OK» ( this way we can create a new, unlocked layer and subsequently make changes):
Now we need to select in the left panel the tool called “ Magic wand "(works more accurately than " Quick selection") and use it to click on those areas of the picture that we want to delete... (click with the left mouse button, thereby highlighting the area and click Delete):
After removing the background, you need to save ( File - Save As...). The picture must be saved only in PNG format, only then the background will remain transparent!
In general, here is my result:
I may have some errors, but I was just in a hurry - all this can be corrected by paying more attention! But the main thing is that you get the essence...
Now such a picture can easily be placed on any background!
Photoshop lessons - how to remove the background... Second option!Here's the second option! To be honest, I don't like him!
Everything remains the same, only we use a different tool, namely the “Pen”. In general, look at the picture:
I hope the essence of the picture is clear! We need to select the object with dots until the outline is closed... If you set the dot incorrectly, don’t worry - you can cancel it (in the tab: Window - History, or by right-clicking on it - Delete anchor point)
To easily place points, you can use image magnification.
When you have placed all the points and the contour is closed, right-click - Create a selection area, well, then look at the picture:
After all these steps, the background will become transparent, all that remains is to save the image in PNG format.
Why don't I like this option?
- very long (especially if the picture is not a circle or a square =)
- the outline of the picture sometimes changes its appearance
And since I don’t like the second option, I decided to record a short video lesson only on the first... In general, let’s look:
Well, yes, I couldn’t resist and wrote down about two methods =)
The cursor is not visible in the video while working in the program - something has frozen... But I think the point is clear! I also haven’t added any captions, but there’s a great article written above, and I’m also waiting for you with your questions in the comments!
That's all! Bye everyone!
Removing the background from a photo can be a really difficult task, especially if the subject you want to crop out has an extremely complex background. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the entire process of removing background from an image step by step to help you overcome this difficult task.
To begin, you need to open the image you want to remove the background from in Adobe Photoshop. To demonstrate the technique, I chose a photograph of a giraffe taken at Colchester Zoo, which has a very clear boundary between the bits we want to leave (the giraffe itself) and the background.
I'm using Adobe CC, but the background removal technique described here will work in Photoshop CS5 and older, although some elements may look slightly different:
Step 1So, we need to select the desired area. There are various selection tools, but for beginners, the easiest to use are the Quick Selection and Magic Wand tools ( Magic Wand). There is also a tool “Lasso” (Lasso), it is more accurate, but also takes more time.
For our example, we will use the Quick Selection tool, which is located in the toolbar. Make sure to use this tool with the plus in the middle by pressing and holding the Shift key.
Select the area of the background that you would like to remove by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the cursor over the desired area. If you accidentally select something extra, you can use the “Subtract” option of the “Quick Selection” tool by holding down the Alt key, and thereby remove the excess area from the selection. Don't forget to hold Shift again before continuing to select the background.
You don't have to be too careful with things like hair and fur because you can refine the edges later (we'll discuss that in a minute).
When you are happy with the selection you have made, right-click and select the option “ Invert selection"(Select inverse):
Now click on the “Add Layer Mask” button at the bottom of the “Layers” panel (it’s a rectangle with a black circle in the center), and you will immediately see that the background has disappeared.
The result may not look great yet, but don't worry, you can use the mask refinement tools to improve it:
Double-click on the mask in the Layers panel (this is the black and white image following the preview of your photo) and then select “Mask Edge” (Mask Edge) from the drop-down menu. You will see the menu “Refine Mask”:
At this step you can make adjustments to the mask to improve its appearance. First, check the box next to the option “ Show radius»(Show Radius).
You won't see any changes, but by moving the slider for this option, you can make sure that the radius catches all stray strands of hair and gets rid of the background between them.
If you move your cursor over the photo, you will see a circle with a plus in the center. You can use it to capture complex, hard-to-reach areas by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the cursor over the problem areas:
Uncheck the "Show radius" option to return to the mask preview. Now use the sliders to adjust the mask until you are happy with the result.
You can change the viewing mode by clicking on the small arrow next to the thumbnail image and selecting a mode from the drop-down menu:
If you now want to add your photo to a new background, you can do so by opening the background image and simply dragging the image you just cut out onto the new background.
You can adjust the size of your image (in the case of the giraffe) by pressing Cmd/Ctrl + T and holding down the Shift key while dragging the transform handles:
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In the case when you need to remove part of a picture, you should read the article on how to easily remove the background in FS.
Removing the background is one of the first serious difficulties that beginners face when working with Photoshop. Here we will look at the main popular and quite simple ways who will do possible removal background from any photo.1. Using an eraser Photoshop has a number of special tools, among which you can find an eraser and a magic eraser. It is available on every version of the program.
This method is perfect when you need to remove White background on the picture. The eraser is unlikely to accept other fills:
1. Here it is “Magic eraser” in the picture:
2. Double-click on the white background of the image. And the eraser itself will determine all the boundaries of the main photo and background. To remove the auxiliary background, click on “Delete". Some versions of Photoshop allow you to do this simply by clicking; after selection, the background will be automatically removed.
As you most likely noticed, the eraser also removed part of the sword that was white, and also touched on the suit. This effect can be removed. You can do it like this:
- open the settings (parameters) panel of the “Magic Eraser”. Check the "Adjacent Pixels" option. This item must be ticked. The presence of this item will allow the tool to remove and select only sets of pixels that are in contact with each other. That is, the elements of the picture will not be so “radically” removed.
- now go to the “Tolerance” parameter in the settings of the same eraser. Its location can be seen in the third picture. The higher the value of the item, the higher the likelihood that the eraser will remove unnecessary background shades. By increasing the parameter, adjust so that not all elements of the object in the picture are selected. If this method, for some reason, did not remove the desired border, go to “ Layer". Then click on “Edge processing”, where activate the “Remove border” option.
Result:
The remaining actions are identical to working with the magic eraser. Just hover your mouse over the background part of the image and it will be highlighted. Next, remove the background using Backspace.
To unlock the background, go to “Layers". Click on the lock to set it to the “Open” position. And then use the “Magic Wand” tool.
If the first method is used to remove the background, then the second is best used to remove colored parts of the background.
After removing the background, in theory, you should get a completely transparent image, with a clearly visible outline of the car. But to do this, you will first need to create a copy of the “blue channel” in the photo. To do this, press Ctrl+L. This is how the Levels window appears. Adjust the sliders so that all colors gray resembled crisp black.
Select the thumbnail copy of this channel that was created from the very beginning. While making a selection, hold down Ctrl. As a result, the image will be selected. Invert this using Shift+Ctrl+L . Now press Backspace to delete the extra layer. A copy of it can be created using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+J. After the background is removed and a texture is installed in its place, you will end up with something like this:
Add any texture to this pattern project: