Longtime Adobe Photoshop aficionados are likely familiar with selecting people or foreground objects and replacing what’s behind them, though not everyone knows all the tricks to doing it well. It’s similar to the green screening technique in video, only easier. Here, we show you the best ways to remove the background in the world’s leading photo editing software, giving you some options along the way.
The first part of the process involves selecting the part of the photo you want to keep. Adobe continues to make the tools for this selection easier, more accurate, and more powerful. For example, the Select Subject button uses AI to automatically create the selection for you, or at least to get you started. You can also now automatically select more than one subject, and the recent Remove Background Quick Action makes the whole process a piece of cake.
As you'll see below, however, you'll likely want to improve the program's automatic work. We take you through the process, showing you how to make more precise selections so you can remove the original background convincingly.
