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Anonymous

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All the possible ways to remove an image background in Adobe Photoshop

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
May 31, 2023
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Hi Community,

I'm writing an article with ALL the possible ways to remove an image background in Adobe Photoshop.

Currently, I have these methods:

Quick Actions Panel
Magic Wand Tool
Quick Selection Tool
Magnetic Lasso Tool
Pen Tool
Object Selection Tool
Background Eraser Tool

Magic Eraser Tool

Channels

Color range

Are there any additional ways to remove an image background in Photoshop? Please share them.

Experiment

jane-e

Community Expert

I'm writing an article with ALL the possible ways to remove an image background in Adobe Photoshop.

By @30181002

Please share all the possible ways to remove the background from line drawing in Adobe Photoshop. I want to try all of them to decide which one would be the most convenient for me.
By @30181002

Hi @30181002

Is this research for your article? Will you be giving attribution to those who provide helpful content?

Jane

Zesty_wanderlust15A7

Known Participant

If 30 people contribute, there is no room left for the article...

Besides, she's only asking for the few keywords you could still add, not handholding.

Kevin Stohlmeyer

Community Expert

Hi @30181002 please stop posting multiple entries for the same question. I have combined these both into one.

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Anonymous

Sure. Sorry for that.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

You don’t seem to mention Layer Masks at all – or do you subsume those under the Selection-related items?

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Anonymous

What is the difference between Magic Eraser Tool and Magic Wand Tool when it comes to solid-color background removal in Photoshop?

Monika Gause

Community Expert

You might want to study the documentation.

And then ask specific questions.

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Anonymous

Hi Community,

Please share all the possible ways to remove the background from line drawing in Adobe Photoshop. I want to try all of them to decide which one would be the most convenient for me.

Zesty_wanderlust15A7

Known Participant

Depends on what you really want.

If you just want the white background to not be visible for the type you are showing, go through the blend modes.

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Anonymous

Hi Community,

Please share all the possible ways to accurately remove the background from hair in Adobe Photoshop. I want to try all of them to decide which one would be the most convenient for me.

Zesty_wanderlust15A7

Known Participant

In a way, every case is different and may even need different techniques.

There is no "official list." If you research the subject, you will keep discovering old and new useful techniques from different people for the rest of your life, so to speak. Many have a unique gem of info to share.

Some of the best opportunities are of course where some form of contrast is obvious, or where you can enhance it.

As it will never be accurate, what is often done is to fix/add hair in places with hair brushes, etc. This is much faster than sweating to get some impossible patch "accurate."

PixImperfect alone has done many tuts on this. It might be a good place to start.
https://www.youtube.com/@PiXimperfect/search?query=hair

Sef McCullough has an advanced course that is probably great:

https://proedu.com/products/how-to-retouch-hair-in-photoshop-with-sef-mccullough-advanced-commercial-techniques

Good luck 🙂

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Anonymous

Hi Community,

Please share all the possible ways to remove the solid color background from an image in Photoshop. I want to try all of them to decide which one would be the most convenient for me.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Please provide a sample image to clarify what scenario you are referring to.

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Anonymous

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