11/8/2023 0 Comments Changing a background in photoshop![]() Note: to see the transparent background you must turn off the visibility of the bottom layer. ![]() But the Quick Selection Tool has a method for this too! But what about that hair? My poor dad with his fine and wispy (almost no hair), and my mom who had recently undergone chemo also has fine baby-like hair, making the hair selection task a bit of a challenge. You can see that the edges look okay, they are well defined, and not pixelated or blocky. You can see your edges very well against the black. You should see something like this (below). Hover over the Black & White Box and click. The Adjust Edge sliders give you many options to smooth, feather, and further refine your edge if needed.įor now, select Black & White view mode. Scroll through these to get a feel for how they display your data. To change views, click the drop-down to get the View Options box. But you can also check it against a black background, which I like, so you can clearly see how your edge looks and if you have selected everything accurately. This view allows you to see the background as well as your selection. You can select the Mask overlay which you may be familiar with if you’ve used layer masks before. The refine Edge tool opens a pop up that looks like this:įrom here you can select how you want to view your selection against a few background options. This will make the “cut” more smooth and realistic. In this area, you’ll adjust the pixels around the edges of the selection. Once you’ve got everything selected as you want it, click on the Refine Edge button on the top menu. The Quick Select Tool selecting the subject with the “marching ants” outline. Give the tool a size that makes it easy to select your subject. It works like a Brush so you can change the size of the tool by using the keys on your keyboard ( to make it larger). ![]() It has never been easier to make selections that don’t look like they were “cut and pasted.” There are two, or sometimes three steps.Ĭhoose the Quick Selection Tool from the Toolbox palette: The Quick Select Tool has changed all that. In the past, you may have avoided most of the Selection Tools in Photoshop because they were not easy to use. ![]() In this situation you want to use the Quick Select Tool to remove your subjects from an image and place them on a different background. ![]() The secret of any image editing is to use the right tool for the job. In this demonstration, you can make this a stronger image by removing the cluttered background to make it less like a snapshot and more like a portrait. But with a relatively new selection tool it’s pretty straight forward, so this is a good example photo for learning the technique. In previous Photoshop versions, selection tools like Magic Wand and Lasso would get confused by the similar colors, and patterns of this type of background, making it a difficult and frustrating project. But it also has a busy background which typically causes problems for many photographers when trying to use Photoshop’s Selection Tools to remove it. It’s the last photo I have of my parents together. This photo (above) was a very spontaneous iPhone capture of my mom and dad, the photo itself isn’t great (lots of things wrong with it technically) but it has big sentimental value for me. Maybe you used your smartphone to capture a spontaneous moment and now the image needs a little background work? Maybe you want to cut your subjects out of the background to isolate them or use them on a website banner or other marketing material? Whatever the reason, this task has challenged every photographer, beginner or pro, since the invention of the camera! I’m going to show you how to use one of Photoshop’s most underrated tools for easily extracting your subjects from the background. Perhaps, despite your best efforts at placing your subjects in a pleasing, non-distracting environment, the situation made it impossible. A quick capture of my parents at a coffee shop. ![]()
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