In the area of photo editing, you might hear the term– background removing from an image. It’s been a very useful and popular way, especially in the eCommerce industry. What it does actually- it erases the inappropriate background from a photo to make it more perfect. In this case, Photoshop offers the editors to remove the background in multiple methods.

Well! We will try to keep all the possible tactics in our guide so that you can choose the most suitable one.

Table of Contents

Overview of Photoshop

How To Remove Background from Image in Photoshop

  1. Remove Background Using Photoshop’s AI Feature
  2. Remove Background with Background Eraser Tool
  3. Remove background from Image with Pen Tool
  4. Remove Background with Magic Wand Tool
  5. Remove Background with Magnetic Lasso Tool
  6. Remove Background with Color Range
  7. Remove Background with Refine Edge

Overview of Photoshop

Who doesn’t hear the name of the most powerful photo editing software- Photoshop? It’s been the first and must choice of millions of designers around the world. Basically, to manipulate, composite, and convert images to different formats, Photoshop is the ultimate solution. Whether you’ll need to make the color correction or remove the background of an image from a product or subject, it will give you an easy way to do so.

How To Remove Background from Image in Photoshop

Now, let’s dive into the methods for removing the background from an image efficiently.

1. Remove Background Using Photoshop’s AI Feature

Step-1

Open the image and click on “Properties” from the right-side panel. If you don’t see the properties panel, go to Windows > Properties to show the option.

Remove Background Using the AI Feature (Step-1)

Step-2

Finally, scroll down to the “Quick Action” section and select “Remove Background” to automatically delete the background, and you’re done.

Remove Background Using the AI Feature (Step-2)

2. Remove Background with Background Eraser Tool

Step-1

First, select an image from which you want to remove the background. Then unlock the background layer.

select unlock background layer

Step-2

Create a new layer and pull down it after layer 0.

pull down new layer

Step-3

Select the Fill option from the Menu.

selecting fill button

Step-4

Now, from the Fill button, you have to select Foreground Color keeping the opacity 100%.

selecting foreground color

Step-5

From the Toolbar, choose the Background Eraser Tool to start the background removing task.

selecting bg eraser tool

Step-6

In this phase, make the necessary changes from the options given in red boxes. Make it zoom and change the ‘Tolerance’ percentage according to your requirement, and keep marked the ‘Product Foreground Color’ option.

change the necessary settings

Step-7

Select Layer 0 and start marking the background that you want to remove from the image using eraser tool.

using eraser tool after selecting layer 0

Step-8

Here, you’ll need to implement the ‘History Brush Tool’ to make the final touch-up to the portions where the green area (that are marked to remove the unwanted objects) doesn’t need to be covered.

erase correction using history brush tool

Step-9

So finally, making the background transparent is done. Here is the final image after completing the whole process.

YouTube video

 

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3. Remove Background from Image with Pen Tool

Step-1

At first, insert the image to Photoshop and select the ‘Pen Tool’ from the Tool Bar.

selecting pen tool

Step-2

Start with the basic pen settings and choose ‘Path’ from the red box shown in the picture.

choose Path from the red box shown

Step-3

Just right after that, keep marked the ‘Combine Shapes’ before starting the creat path.

selecting combine shapes

Step-4

Now, start creating a path with the pen tool. Remove the handle by clicking the ALT button from your keyboard.

start creating path and remove handle with ALT click

Step-5

Now, from the Layer Menu, choose the ‘Current Path’ option from ‘Vector Mask’.

use vector mask-current path from Layer menu

Step-6

Select the ‘Combine Shapes’ as marked in the red box in the picture and keep drawing the new path.

keep combine shapes option and keep drawing new path

Step-7

Now, choose the ‘Subtract Front Shape’ to erase the selected portions.

choose subtract front shape to erase the selected portion

Step-8

Keep drawing the path to remove the unwanted portions from the image to finalize it.

keep drawing the path to remove the unwanted parts

Step-9

Here is the final version after removing the background from the image.

final version after removing bg

 

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4. Remove Background with Magic Wand Tool

Step-1

Open the image and click on the Magic Wand Tool from the left Toolbar

choose image and open the Magic Wand Tool from Toolbar

Step-2

In this part, you have to make some changes in the settings to make the work done properly. In the left red marked box indicates the ‘single selection’ to be marked while you are using the Magic Wand Tool for the first time. And the other options in another red boxed should be marked.

make the bg selection

Step-3

Now, select the background that you want to erase from the image.

preparing the settings

Step-4

To start the procedure, don’t forget to unlock the layer from the marked portion.

unlock the layer

Step-5

In this phase, change the Magic Wand Tolerance value to 30 and unmark the Contiguous option.

change tolerance value and unmark contiguous

Step-6

Now, unlock the layer and press DEL to remove the background from the image.

unlock layer and press delete to remove bg

Step-7

Create a new layer and pull it down below Layer 0. Then fill with the Foreground color.

create new layer and fill with foreground color

Step-8

Again, select the Magic Wand Tool from the Toolbar.

select magic wand tool

Step-9

To modify the selection, use Subtraction from the Selection.

use subtract from selection to modify selection

Step-10

After dealing with Subtraction, press DEL to finish the process of removing the background and finally save it.

press DEL to finish the process

 

YouTube video

 

5. Remove Background with Magnetic Lasso Tool

Step-1

To start working with Photoshop Lasso Tool, it’s important to set up the Lasso tool according to the requirements. You may also use shortcuts to make the process smoother.

set up lasso tool

Step-2

Now, drag the Lasso anchor around the object.

drag lasso anchor around the object

Step-3

To convert the Lasoo anchor into Marque selection, double-click the mouse pointer after making the selection.

convert lasso anchor into marque selection

Step-4

Now, click the Layer mask to remove the background. That’s all!

layer mask to remove bg

 

YouTube video

 

6. Remove Background with Color Range

Step-1

First, Pick an image and select the color range from the Select Menu.

select color range from menu

Step-2

Choose Black Matte in Selection Preview and Add to Sample icon.

keep Black Matte and select Add to Sample icon

Step-3

With the Add to Sample option, remove the white portions from the image. Also, adjust the Fuzziness.

remove the white color and adjust Fuzziness

Step-4

Now, select White Matte and Subtract Sample option to remove the object color.

select White Matte and Subtract Sample

Step-5

Now, add a layer mask to remove the background from the image.

add layer mask to remove bg

Step-6

Select the Brush tool and Layer mask, and keep the Foreground color white.

select brush tool, foreground color-white

Step-7

Now, paint with the Brush tool to recover the object color.

paint with Brush

Step-8

Remove remaining background selecting the foreground color Black.

remove bg choosing foreground color-black

Step-9

To improve the body color of the subject, use shadow and highlight according to requirements.

use shadow and highlights

Step-10

Also, you may use selective color to highlight the subject’s white area.

use selective color to highlight the bycycle white area

Step-11

Finalize it removing the rest of the unwanted spots from the image and saving it.

remove unwanted spots and save it

 

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7. Remove Background with Refine Edge

Step-1

Open an image and click on a selection tool from Toolbar.

click selection tool from tool bar

Step-2

Click the Select and Mask option from the option bar right below the menu.

click select and mask option from option bar

Step-3

Select the object selection tool and drag the object area.

select object selection tool and drag object area

Step-4

Here is the overview after dragging is done.

overview after dragging

Step-5

Now, select the Refine Edge Brush tool to remove the selected portion of the background.

select refine edge brush tool

Step-6

To remove the rest of the unwanted portions, use the Lasso tool.

use lasso tool

Step-7

Shift+Click on Layer Mask to compare the changes.

shift+click on layer mask

Step-8

To get back the removed object that shouldn’t be erased, press Shift using the Lasso tool.

press shift using lasso tool to get back removed object

Step-9

Now, remove the unwanted Layer and save it finally.

remove the unwanted layer and save it

 

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So, you got multiple options mentioned above on how to remove background from image in Photoshop. Mostly, the techniques are helpful for beginners. Also, some of them are perfect for advanced users. Pick the best tactic that suits your choice.

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