How to Cut Out Background in Photoshop



Want to change the background of your photo? Do it yourself with Photoshop. One of the most useful skills you can learn in Photoshop is removing the background from an image. This will allow you to stick the subject in any picture that you want, without having to worry about blending backgrounds, or dealing with large expanses of plain white.

Step 1
Open the image in Photoshop.

Step 2
Navigate to the Layers window and duplicate the image, so that you will have a back up.  Select your image layer click ctrl+J for windows or option+J for Mac, and hide the original layer (click the eye icon)



Step 3
Create a solid color below the duplicated image, click  icon and select solid color, choose any dark color you want, this will help you to see the residues.


Step 4

Select background eraser tool, and set the settings (you can play on the values, this will depend on your image)




Step 5
Start erasing your background,  play around with the eraser setting values to achieve the look. You can use other eraser tool to clean the residues .


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