

Your final step is to review your result. Step 4: View Your Selection On a New Layer You may need to adjust additional sliders but smoothing should help the most. Under Adjust Edge, increase the Smooth value slider to soften the jagged edges of your selection. Doing so will help you see the parts of your edge that need the most help. First, change the View Mode to ‘On White’ or any option that sharply contrasts with your selection. The Refine Edge dialogue can help you fine-tune your selection for better results. With the selection complete, right click within the marching ants and select ‘Refine Edge’ from the pop-up menu. Once your subject is completely within a selection, you’re ready to move on. But reducing your brush to 1px can help capture the smallest details. Tip: smaller details like shoestrings, aren’t necessary to include. Zoom-in closer to work tougher areas that include both background and subject. Alternate between the addition and subtraction modes as your work. Release the ‘Alt’ or ‘Option’ key when you’re ready to add to your selection again. Hold down the ‘Alt’ or ‘Option’ key to toggle the subtraction mode for the tool, and then click and drag your mouse around the background area you wish to remove. Sometimes, you’ll find that some areas are added to your selection that you don’t want to include. Gradually work around your subject adding to the selection as you go. A group of marching ants, or selection, will appear and grow as you click and drag.

With the tool ready, click and drag your mouse on the unwanted background. Step 2: Remove Background Imagery with a Selection
REMOVE BACKGROUND IMAGE FOR MAC SOFTWARE
Want to learn more Photoshop tutorials, techniques and tricks? Get access to hundreds of Adobe software classes with the Creator Pass. Before you begin, select ‘Add to Selection.’ You may need to open the ‘Brush Picker’ and increase or reduce the brush size depending on the size of your photo. The ‘Quick Selection Tool’ is the best tool for basic background removals.Ĭhoosing the ‘Quick Selection Tool’ opens a context-sensitive menu at the top of your workspace.

(Don’t see the ‘Quick Selection Tool?’ It may be nested with the ‘Magic Wand Tool’). To remove the background, select the ‘Quick Selection Tool’ from the tools panel. Step 1: Ready Your Toolįirst, open your photo in Adobe Photoshop. Background removal is a tricky art and requires more than just the eraser tool, but you don’t have to be a graphic design whiz to learn the steps in Adobe Photoshop CC. Before you can place your subject into a completely new landscape, you’ll need to remove the background of the original image first. Imagine the subject of your photo surrounded by a completely different background - one you’ve designed from the ground-up using your imagination.
