The Ultimate Background Removal Guide with PhotoShop
Again, get out of Quick Mask mode and see the result. We selected everything that we wanted.
But still the selection doesn’t look right. Back into Quick Mask and zoom in (CTRL +) on the dragon head.
Take a look at the selection from outside the mask, and we can clearly see that we need to retouch the selection.
To do this, just change the color of the foreground, from black to white (black adds mask, white removes mask). Now start adding/deleting mask where it needs, so we only select the dragon head and the ornaments. And don’t be shy with the size of the brush tool.
Now that we retouched this part, let’s do the same on the rest of the selection. Look closer at the ornaments (hair of the dragon) because of the poor contrast. Zoom for a better selection.
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I would to the motorcycle again. I had a blast!
Awesome Tutorial of remove background as I ever seen. 🙂 Keep doing I Like it 5+++++
Great tutorial. Don’t forget about Refine Edge in CS5 as well. It’s by far the most powerful way to remove subject or backgrounds especially when dealing with hair and subject matters that don’t have a decent contrast against the original background.
with refine edge I was able to select the eagle. could not do a good job without it.
Excellent! Thanks…
Why do people show their skills using simple images ???
It would be better and more educational had you used one image with each tool illustrating what, why, how and when …
AND, use a complicated image like male and female photos with complex background doing “HAIR” background extraction —
You showed nothing productive found everywhere on the Internet —
My key objective was NOT! to show my skills, but to teach somebody something new. To make someone know what that tool can do, but not on its own, in a combination with other tools or process. What tool to use on a picture is essential.Where you going to use a pen tool for the flower with the background instead of the background removal tool? Some people don;t even know that tool exists (beginner or advanced).
Just because you find it boring, doesn’t mean others will. Life is not about you! If you haven’t notice my life doesn’t evolve around attention sluts like yourself.
Productivity is a process, how you get there is up to you.
Thank for this tutorial. I know many people who need this done for them and now I can do the work. LOL I am a beginner to Photo Shop but an avid user of PSP by Corel. I got bored.
Your well described tut was good, I do have a suggestion::: when using the screen shot…write what numbers or colors we need because I could not see your options on the screen shots.
I am a tutorial writer for Paint Shop Pro Photo so I thought I would give to you what has given me freely. Hope I didn’t hurt your feelings.
Hugs,
Olivia
Not problem! Feedback is good, good or bad, it’s the same for me. Thank you for the advice, I will take this in consideration on future tutorials.
Hello,
I actually took 1 hour to go trough all your pages of this tut. I knew some of the methods before, but it was very helpful.
Thanks for your time and effort you put into this.
Cheers!
My key objective was NOT! to show my skills, but to teach somebody something new. To make someone know what that tool can do, but not on its own, in a combination with other tools or process. What tool to use on a picture is essential.Where you going to use a pen tool for the flower with the background instead of the background removal tool? Some people don;t even know that tool exists (beginner or advanced). Just because you find it boring, doesn’t mean others will. Life is not about you! If you haven’t notice my life doesn’t evolve around attention sluts like yourself. Productivity is a process, how you get there is up to you.
Hi! I’m pro user (since 5.0 version) and i’m impressed with this tutorial. Well done! I guess you mention all the possible ways to do this. I also use the channels sometimes. Congrats!
Thank you! I’m glad you like it.
Could someone create a AutoPager profile for this website?
Thanks.