Delete the Background of an Image in Photoshop CS3

[JYZProductions]

also... i know I replied a lot mostly to users but for professional results DONT USE THE MAGIC WAND, it does a terrible job on edges and doesnt know what to delete, best to do this with the eraser tool.

[gagster09100]

tnx ..... nice

[pcaddict1337]

when i press delete it deletes the unselected part too.WTF?

[anasshah11]

God Bless u :))))))

[anasshah11]

When i do it it truns to yellow background :S

[JYZProductions]

@anasshah11 its your other color selected, so for example if your first color is black and your other color blue ... when you delete blue will be your background color. I've done this a long time to the point I've made money, so if anyone wants tips to get better at photoshop let me know

[Felldeeen91]

When i try to save it, it wont check "layers" so the transparency will not follow with the saved file...Any hints here?

[JYZProductions]

@Felldeeen91 save as a GIF, I don't know the process 100% but a PSD will save it in layers so you can open it up later and do some touchup work when needed, where as with a GIF I've seen many people do this online where if you open the image in photoshop with no background its transparent. 

[jpivot1]

thanks for the tut =)

[memememe405]

k... I knew that one... now how do you do it with a more advanced background?

[JiggaMan1297]

Thank you... God Bless

[guyAE]

nothing happens when i press delete!

[MAAN678]

thanks



[j0r3l07]

Thanks!

[jattportal]

i love u .. very much :D

[supermiro200]

this didnt helped me, when i deleted my background , on my picture stayed only white color but i dont any background around my selected character, like only no space no white no background nothing, u understand?

[PDFchild]

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[OfficialMichaelC]

thanks for the tutorial, but unfortunately i do not love you. I don't know you.

[Muz33kful]

iloveyou..

[carNutzCaymanS]

Nicely and simple instruction thank you.

[dportis47]

Thank you nice and easy!

[MrFniazi41]

thank you so much yaar 

[cbunce2696]

I LOVE YOU OMG took me forever to find something on this ty sooooooo much!!!

[shamnadplr]

thanks

[Roxie23x]

omg finally, thankyou!

[gopdeep]

after that can we put some coloured back ground ???

[Cachefinders3]

THANK YOU!!

[pyrus2009]

thx

[bananaman23ful]

thanks you helped me alot! I SUBED!!

[forevergitsandff4]

i have no idea why, but it keeps selecting my entire pic, what am i doing wrong? :(

[Revolutionalist09]

Awesome! Fast and easy tutorials are the way to go! :D

[destinystruth]

:S magic wand sucks for nearly all images, leaves white particles on 80% of images

[ThereWillBeDeath]

@destinystruth Use the pen tool and create a path around your image. Afterward, you can clean it up using other features and techniques. You’ll end up with a better quality piece.

[theHPgoldentrio]

@techtutortv i cant see the magic wand tool in mine.

[Crodinzo]

asd

try deleting a more complex background!

not every picture you're going to work with, is as simple as this one!

[ViruTrivedi]

gr8 i looked so many places & finally got right with ur tutorial.. thank u

[fhdjsahfdjsha]

thx

[wierdwierdos]

@fhdjsahfdjsha save it as .png

[ValterBroLol]

when i save the file and open again, the background is there again! (im trying to remove white background from a cookie so its a cookie in the image)

[DavidAnthonyRuiz]

can i remove white background too?

[MyH96]

I think I don't need to press ALT key or Shift ... Nothing diferrent ?

[MyH96]

I think everyone removing background has different way, and this is the BEST!!

[statmkmr]

ur a genius and i wish i could kiss you!

[Gamesoften]

Thanks for the tutorial. I feel rather stupid having not noticed the tolerance levels on my own but ah well. It sure helped with constantly deleting some edges that I didn't want touched.

[TheThunderTutorials]

If this tutorial did not satisfy you or if you want to learn even more about photoshop just click my name

[IvanD96]

could u please tell me where can i download the same pohotoshop youve got?!

[IvanD96]

could u please tell me where can i download the same pohotoshop youve got?!

[AzureMoon142]

Thank you :3 you made my day!

[MarizSiwon]

I don't have Magic Wand.. =((

[furiousajp]

@MarizSiwon What version of PS are you using?

[MarizSiwon]

@furiousajp CS3.

[MrTheFrozens]

Tnx,u are the best,but how can put other background?

[abirehmani]

@MrTheFrozens @gettinaway7 dont you know its easy to put another background just drag this or grab your chosen background

[MrTheFrozens]

Tnx,u are the best,but how can put other background?

[abirehmani]

@MrTheFrozens or save it as PNG for future use as transparent as it is now after Selection hope that helpzz u

[navinou]

sry i didnt hear it clearly..which key should i press after selecting the background?

[www0keralachat0tk]

your sound is so sweet =)

[gettinaway7]

So how do you put another background.. ?

[abirehmani]

@gettinaway7 dont you know its easy to put another background just drag this or grab your chosen background

[ehsanraza58]

@gettinaway7 find another background, open it in photoshop, then go to file, place, and select the image you want and there!

[sharagim1]

@gettinaway7 , that"s not complate tutorial

[hashpapi]

@gettinaway7

new background = add your new background to photoshop, select the grabbing tool and just paste it into your picture you've cutted out the background before make sure that the new backgroundlayer is in the bottom of the layer pannel. done, ok acctually not almost, there are many corrections to do..

[pixelperu]

@gettinaway7 you add a new layer behind

[CpBrocdast]

@gettinaway7

well open another "tab" of photoshopCS3 and draw a BG. then save it. after you did that, go in the other "tab" and make a new layer then paste ur BG there. after you pasted it select and copy the thing tht u erased the BG from and paste it there. you're done! :)

[TheGoodlegostuff1]

@gettinaway7 open new layer and paste it in

[UnavailableUser96]

@gettinaway7 put the second image in a layer, and place that layer below the one with the cut image

[Strawberry1139]

thank you so much! i was using the laso tool and pressing delete and i couldn't figure out what was wrong. but thank you!!!!

[gon0678]

Very simple and to the point!! Keep up the good work!

[lesumia]

phewww...finally, agree with meerkatweb. Thanks.

[meerkatweb]

Great! simple and clear the way tutorials should be!

[dieginho21]

where i can find the magic wand tool??

[tcameron420]

@dieginho21 I had a hard time finding this tool also. If you press SHIFT W it will pop up in the top left corner :)

[choppersteve22]

yeah but if you do it this way the edges are all sharp and jaggered it looks rubbish

[TheTupacolypse]

@choppersteve22 Just go to Select and then Feather to fix it.

[SweetBabyRayRay]

GOD BLESS YOU!!

[Kankerzwijn]

okay thanks 

[Kankerzwijn]

wtf photoshop is pissing me off lol

[prmsd2him1]

So how the heck do you add a different background?

[TheAlexandra2790]

@shanthenose save the image as a PNG and then put in a another picture..

[SuperOvertake]

lol i dont like downloading torrents :P

[roxasora225]

@Etonnantebeaute not delete3 just press the delete KEY on your keyboard.

[SuperOvertake]

lol hard!

[SuperOvertake]

where can i download adobe?

[shamszamer]

@SuperOvertake

You can download from torrentz.com. All you need to have a good internet connection and that's all.

[01136237]

Thanks that realy helped =)

[JuliaDaranessa]

it's only good for images where are not too many details on the background :S

If you want to delete a backgroud with many details it doesn't work ^^

But thank you all the same :)

[mermaiddreams]

omg =''[ thank you so much

[Mfikri88]

okok I hav found it.. but after i click on it and try to click on background, so my cursor not turning to pentools icon.. but it's show hand icon..

[Mfikri88]

i cant find magic pentools in my adobe ph cs3.. its hide or something?

[1709DemiFAN]

can i do this in a video too?

[silencer3113]

i need help... im trying to get my text without the background and i follow this completely and when i view my finished image it still has a white background help

[thelordsbaby]

when i hit the delete key in my keyboard a white background appears and not a tranparent like yours =/

[scramjet97]

try then doing the sam process again

[YungJayAllday]

Thank You So Much!!!!!

See Im A Musician And I'm Trying To Make A MixTape Cover But I Didnt Know How To!!

Thank You So Much <3

[richmondliutard]

i need help... im trying to get my text without the background and i follow this completely and when i view my finished image it still has a white background help

[BarbiegirlzOfficial]

This is awesome - thank you.

[18Shadowfox]

thank you i needed this info to put a picture in my new layout on myspace XD

[TheXBOX360DUDE]

ya thanks

[smhale16]

Great Video- Simple instructions and easy to follow. It worked the first time I tried it.

[poophead156]

Hi, if I press on the image with the magic wand it takes a little bit from my image I want. How do i fix it?

[dshadow01]

set the tolarence a lil' bit lower and u will be fine