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PLEASE HELP! Need easy, fast way to batch remove background from multiple images.

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March 15, 2023
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Hi,

I'm hoping there is a fast and easy way to do this! I have the full suite but currently Adobe express is doing the fastest and best job but it only does one image at a time. Are there any other options? I pay enough for the Adobe package and dont want to buy an App from some other company to do this! Any help is grestly appreciated! Thank you!

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Correct answer Stephen Marsh

@Kaijukilluh2099

The following batch script has an option to remove the background:

https://www.marspremedia.com/software/photoshop/batch-web-images

The script was developed from a discussion on the board.

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mypaper_4539

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I cancelled my subscription after realising this option is missing.

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lusifer369

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Batch removing objects require intelligrnt operator, AI or human. Not that it is not professional, but you have to wait till technology gets there... one two more years. Pbotoshop is integrating slowly AI in their products. I only use user friendly software though

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zakaria_mokhtari0580

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comment faire pour enlever l'arrière plan en faisant un script pour plusieurs photo en meme temps

Stephen Marsh

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How to remove the background by scripting multiple photos at the same time

By @zakaria_mokhtari0580

https://www.marspremedia.com/software/photoshop/batch-web-images

https://github.com/MarshySwamp/Batch-Web-Images

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Jose Juan36855663l13f

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You are a great human. I wish you well on this journey of artistry. 🙂 - kind stranger from Mexico.

Stephen Marsh

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@Kaijukilluh2099

The following batch script has an option to remove the background:

https://www.marspremedia.com/software/photoshop/batch-web-images

The script was developed from a discussion on the board.

c.pfaffenbichler

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@Kaijukilluh2099 , should the Script @Stephen Marsh linked to meet your needs don’t forget to mark the post as the correct answer.

Stephen Marsh

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The select subject command used in the batch script did a good job! Due to the poor lighting/photography, I wasn't sure if it would do so (also considering the unknown training set used for the AI model, which presumably had many photos of people, but unknown product imagery to be trained on):

Bojan Živković11378569

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Here is action to try https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nv-2Sxgvfqv_lyC4QJJY31lVU0QxypdE/view?usp=share_link

Download action file Remove Background.atn. Load action in Photoshop by double clicking on it or use File > Open > double click on Remove background.atn. Open Window > Actions panel and look for folder named Remove Background. Expand folder (action set) if necessary. Open any image and test action by playing Remove Bg action. Do not play actions below /////////////. To play action click on action name (Remove Bg) then click on Play selection button.

Test couple of images, if you like result look for tutorial how to batch process using Photoshop action or ask more questions.

Kaijukilluh2099Author

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Bojan, thank you so much for your response and effort to help! Sadly I can't download any unknown files.

Bojan Živković11378569

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Please try again, I have reuploaded ZIP file so you must unzip it before proceeding to the steps mentioned above.

Myra Ferguson

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If the images are all JPEGs, you could record an action where you unlock the background layer and use the Quick Action in the Properties panel to Remove Background. Then you could batch process them (File > Automate > Batch...) and select your action to run.

Kaijukilluh2099Author

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Myra, I appreciate your response so much!

And I'm afraid that may be my only option with Adobe. But I have to say in 2023 that answer also depresses me. More and more I find simple things I want to do in Adobe still function like its 20 years ago with multiple steps and clicks yet there are Apps from other companies that do everything in one step. It seems crazy that I'm paying for a monthly subscription and still have to do so much when it should be drag and drop. It makes me wonder if Adobe even pays attention to what apps are doing these days.

I'm in a jam and will do my best to try and follow your extremley helpful advice. But the fact adobe doesnt have a simple drag and drop conversion sytem just bums me out.

D Fosse

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This is such a condescending and passive-aggressive response that I'm not sure how it meets the guidelines of being "kind" or "respectful".
You write to me as if I am asking "Why doesn't The Photoshopz have music like TikTok on my phone?"
Many moons ago isolating an image was a long and tedious task spent with the magic wand, the lasso tool, strained eyes, and an IV of coffee.
Photoshop now lets you isolate an object by simply pressing "subject".
Or you can use the newer Discovery Pannel and the "remove background" action which is even more efficient and eliminates additional steps you'd normally have to take.
Are you saying those features are not "professional image editing"? Or are they "quick and dirty and have nothing to do with professional image editing"? Because those are things Photoshop does now in 2023.
I'm simply questioning why there isn't a way to do the above with multiple images at a time.
That desire is very far from the narrative that you've outlined above.
Why would the want for more efficiency with something the program already provides be anything but "professional"? Why would that not be a "useful tool"?
And if trying to batch isolate images is your idea of "fun" you have my sincerest condolences. That also probably explains why you took such a rude tone to reply to an innocent and fair question.

OK, fair enough. But you'd be surprised how many come here with exactly those expectations. It probably gets to be a reflex response. Maybe it was a bit arrogantly phrased. Sorry about that.

The point is that Photoshop can do anything you can dream up to a pixel image. There is literally nothing it can't do. But - and this is where we seem to disagree - you normally have to put in some manual work to get there. Photoshop is a tool, not a universal magic button. For that there are probably other apps that are more appropriate.

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