16/10/2015
Thank God it's free time............... It's been bored here all this while, greetings to all as we are back again for the mean time with the creative tutorial that will stun you all.
PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL {Episode 1}
How To Remove A Background In Photoshop
As part of our beginner's guide to Adobe Photoshop,
we take you through the process of removing a
background from an image.
Open your image
First, you'll need to open the image you wish to
remove the background from. Here, we're using a
simple photograph of a giraffe to demonstrate.
Make a selection
Next, you'll need to make a selection. To make a
selection, there are various tools you can use, but
for beginners, the easiest tools to use are the Quick
Selection Tool and the Magic Wand Tool. There's
also the Lasso tool, which can be more accurate but
also take longer to use.
For this example, we're using the Quick Selection
tool, which can be found in the tools panel.
Make sure you're using the Quick Selection tool with
the '+' in the centre, by pressing the shift key.
Select the background that you'd like to remove by
clicking and dragging around the area. If you
accidentally select something you didn't want to,
you can press the alt key on your keyboard to use
the '-' Quick Selection tool and remove it from the
selection.
You don’t need to be too accurate with things like
hair and fur, because you can refine the edge later.
When you're happy with your selection, right click
and then click 'Select inverse'.
Add a layer mask
Now, click the 'Add Layer Mask' button at the bottom
of the layers panel, and you'll see instantly that the
background is gone.
It might not look great yet, though, but don't worry,
you can use the Mask Edge tool to refine it.
Refine the mask's edge
Double click on the mask in your layers panel, and
then click 'Mask Edge'. You'll now see the Refine
Mask menu.
From here, you can make adjustments to the mask
to improve its appearance.
First, click show radius. You'll see nothing to begin
with, but by adjusting the radius slider, you can
make sure that the radius is picking up all of the
stray hairs and getting rid of the background
between them. Uncheck show radius to go back to
the Refine Mask preview.
Use the sliders to adjust the mask until you're happy
with the look you've achieved.
To help, you can change the view mode by clicking
the blue arrow next to the thumbnail image and
choosing from the drop down menu.
Add a new background
If you now want to add your photograph to a new
background, you can do so by opening up the
background image in Photoshop and simply
dragging the cut out image onto the background.
Reference :- Ashleigh Allsorp.
