When you have an image with a busy background, it can be difficult to select and remove just the background without affecting the rest of the image. Fortunately, Photoshop has a number of different tools that you can use to select and remove backgrounds.
1. Use the Quick Selection Tool
The Quick Selection tool is one of the easiest ways to remove a background in Photoshop.
Simply click and drag your mouse over the areas that you want to select, and the Quick Selection tool will do the rest. You can also use the Quick Selection tool to add to your selection by holding down the Shift key while you click and drag. To remove areas from your selection, hold down the Alt (Option on Mac) key while you click and drag.
2. Use the Pen Tool
If you need more control over your selection, or if the Quick Selection tool isn’t giving you good results, try using the Pen tool. The Pen tool lets you draw a path around the object that you want to select.
To use the Pen tool, simply click around the edge of your object. When you’re done, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) on your path and choose Make Selection from the menu that appears. You can also add to or subtract from your selection by holding down the Shift or Alt (Option) key while you click with the Pen tool.
3. Use Select > Color Range
If your background is a solid color, you can use Photoshop’s Color Range command to quickly select it. First, make sure that your Foreground and Background colors are set to their default black and white values by pressing D on your keyboard.
Then go to Select > Color Range. In the dialog box that appears, click on the background color that you want to select. Adjust the Fuzziness slider until most of the background is selected, then click OK.
4. Use Refine Edge
Once you’ve made your initial selection, go to Select > Refine Edge. In the dialog box that appears, adjust the Radius slider until it includes all of the edge pixels that you want to include in your selection. Then check both Smart Radius and Decontaminate Colors options.
Smart Radius does a great job of automatically detecting edges, while Decontaminate Colors helps reduce color fringing around edge pixels. Finally, adjust the Output To option at the bottom ofthe dialog box so that it outputs as a New Layer with Layer Mask.
After following these steps, you should have a new layer in your document containing just your foreground object with a layer mask that hides everything else. You can now move this layer around independently ofthe rest ofyour image.
How do I remove a background in Photoshop? There are four main ways: using the Quick Selection tool, using the Pen tool, using Select > Color Range, or using Refine Edge.
