How to remove a background

To remove a background, do the following

1. Open Adobe Photoshop

2. Open the picture you want to remove the background (For the instructions, we are going to remove the counter so the only thing we see is the bowl and mashed potatoes)

3. Click on Image

4. Click on MagicExtractor

5. Magic Extractor window appears

6. Click the Foreground tool

7. Click several times around the area of the picture you want to keep (red dots will indicate your selections)

8. Click the background tool

9. Click several times on the area you want to remove (blue dots will indicate your selections)

10. Click Preview

11. You will see what the image will look like. If some of the background still exists, you can repeat steps 6 through 10. There is also other tools you can use as well to assist you.

12. When you get the picture the way you want it, click OK 

13. Click File 

14. Click Save As... 

15. Click OK 

16. Save As window appears 

17. Choose the location you want to save the file at 

18. The default format is Photoshop (*.PSD,*PDD) 

19. We are going to save it as a JPEG, click on the down arrow and choose JPEG (*.JPG,*JPEG,*.JPE) 

20. If there is a file there with the exact name, the program will add the word copy to the filename 

21. If you want to save it and replace the existing file, remove the word copy from the image 

22. Click Save (if you are replacing a file, a warning will appear. If it does say OK) 

23. Click OK 

 

24. Click No 

25. Now the image will look like this

 

26. There are other tools available under Image Extractor 

 

27. If a setting in Image Extractor is not the way you want it, you can adjust the settings on the right hand side of the window