
So now you can use this image in one of photo manipulations as I've don't below just were I have just added it into this photo to show you exactly how well it cuts the photo out. This will make it so the colored parts of the object are selectable with you will see further down.īut now hold Ctrl and click on the channeled layer we just inverted and it should look like the image above with a ring around all the white then go back to the layers bar and click on the photos layer and click Ctrl + C then Ctrl + V this will select all the colored objects from your photo and put it into a new layer like the image shown below but remember you must turn the other layer off behind this one to see how it will look. Now click Ctrl + I to invert the black and white image.

Then click on the click on the Create new Channel at the bottom of the channels bar and click Ctrl + V to paste the image info this new channel layer.
#PHOTOSHOP 101 EXTRACT IMAGE FROM BACKGROUND WINDOWS#
Now we will go into the Channels bar located in the pull down menu under windows on the top of Photoshop if you don't already have it up. I've tried image->calculations with various parameters, but rarely get anything useful for extraction. Because of the similar tones in the background and product, edge detection via magic wand and quick selection seems to be difficult for Photoshop. We will select the hold image by clicking Ctrl + A, then Ctrl + C to copy the image. I have a bunch of images similar to this where I have to extract the item from the background. So ok we start off with a photo that was taken with a white background as I have below.

Adobe Master Class: Photoshop Inspiring artwork and tutorials by established and emerging artists.The Adobe Photoshop CS6 Book for Digital Photographers.You can have a look at the original 4 JPEG files here: url removed, login to view I would like each individual specie (listed below) to be placed in an individual file, GIF format with transparent background and 600 pixels in width (height will vary). Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book I want to extract 55 illustrations of whales and dolphins from 4 large JPEG image files.This tutorial works really well for anyone into photo manipulation because in this tutorial we are going to take a photograph with a white background and turn it into a transparent background without having to trace all around the object with the pen tool.
