# Removing Backround Via Photoshop **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [October 21, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006 "2002-10-21T21:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mdipi](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mdipi/32/49_2.png) [@mdipi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mdipi)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/1 "2002-10-21T21:32:07Z")
hey guys…i am making a new splash page for my site and ineed this pic of this guy (me but i hate my hair) to no longer have the backround. i suck with the lasso tool, so is there another way? plz help, mike:cyclops: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/2 "2002-10-21T22:06:21Z")
2 words… Quick Mask ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/3 "2002-10-21T22:20:15Z")
How to use QuicK Masks… Select the layer with your image… Underneith the Foreground and Background colors in the Tools Toolbar there will be two rectangles, one on the left that is a white rectangle with a white circle inside… this is to stop using quick mask… on the right there is a dark rectangle with a white circle inside, this is to entery quick mask mode. Click the one to enter quick mask mode. Use the paint brush tool (best at a small size and used with the softer brushes), With the brush, fill in the area that you DO NOT want to be selected (in this case, your body) Now hit the button to exit the quick mask and the area surrounding the spot you colored it will be selected. Now you can just delete this and be left with your head 🙂 I hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/4 "2002-10-22T03:51:40Z")
I was just about to post that question… once again… i learn one more thing from lostinbeta! 😃 let me go try it now BTW… due on first week of march… is my huge project from school… my project is related to web designing… woah… if i learn one thing each day from beta… I will get A+ fosho! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/5 "2002-10-22T03:55:15Z")
:beam: I love helping people. It gives me that warm fuzzy feeling inside 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/6 "2002-10-22T03:58:42Z")
hmm it’s still kinda hard… any other ways? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/7 "2002-10-22T03:59:55Z")
Except for the magnetic lasso (or any other lasso) tool in Photoshop. Quick Masking is the easiest way, but it takes a lot of time to get around the edges. You just have to fill in the center with a big brush… then zoom way far in (CTRL + +) and do the edges with a small brush. Long and sometimes tedious… yes… but worth it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/8 "2002-10-22T19:22:13Z")
you **[SIZE=3]REALLY[/SIZE]** need a steady hand still though. but i like it WAY more than the lasso. (sp?) thanks again (or is this the first time?) -mike:cyclops: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/9 "2002-10-22T19:22:55Z")
shane one more thing, i think that warm fuzzy feeling was you pissing on your self again! lol jk. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/10 "2002-10-22T19:35:05Z")
No, I think it was the kitten I ate earlier actually :beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/11 "2002-10-22T19:57:40Z")
_warm fuzzy feeling_…mmmmm… 😛 😛 When I have to delete something around something else, I use a brush-eraser, and just remove whatever i want around the edges… Requires a REALLY steady hand though… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/12 "2002-10-22T20:03:35Z")
So many methods!!! lol :beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/13 "2002-10-22T20:05:38Z")
Works wonders for me 😛 Btw Lost, I started school yesterday, and they went just nuts over a simple water effect using clouds/gaussian blur/chrome/hue-sat layer… SO funny to impress others with simple methods 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/14 "2002-10-22T20:06:36Z")
Didn’t mean to sound so egocentrical… ☹ whooooooops… sorry… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/15 "2002-10-22T20:10:05Z")
Lol, Yeah I know what you mean. When I was in school I already had knowledge and well had photoshop. So I took an image and just applied a gaussian blur and everyone was like WOW, THATS AMAZING… I was just like … “I’m not done yet!” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/16 "2002-10-22T20:17:37Z")
Yeah! 😛 Precisely! 🙂 In my class we make “old school” websites for other small businesses… and we use PS for designs and layouts… After 2 days there, my teacher (today) made me write up a list of sites having the most useful tutes on PS to share with the other 3 guys in my class 🙂 I’m popular!! Just because I know a little about PS… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/17 "2002-10-22T20:30:23Z")
W00t! I was kind of popular for Photoshop myself. But I was mostly popular for knowing as much about web design as I did. My school made me do their website. It is actually finally up again… [http://www.nehs.phila.k12.pa.us/](http://www.nehs.phila.k12.pa.us/) Now keep in mind that isn’t my best work. For free, for school, i got to work on it from 8am to 9am, and I had to start from scratch and I had to go around get all the info on my own (well one other person helped gather info), leaving me little time to worry about design and such. The school loved it (and compared to their last one, which was last updated in 1999, I did too) and that is all that mattered to me. Oh yeah I was also editor, photographer, and well everything else. So that is why it looks so bad. I had about 5-10 minutes a day to work on the actual look, the rest was inputting info and getting info. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/18 "2002-10-22T20:33:29Z")
This is how the site I’m currently working on now lookes: www.hundested-genbrugsbutik.dk Keep in mind, I have yet to touch it, I’m just working on a new design in PS… This is their old design… not too hard to give a make-over huh? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/19 "2002-10-22T20:36:58Z")
Speaking of which, check out pom’s new footer by me 🙂 www.avalon-rev.dk/pom/homer.jpg ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006/20 "2002-10-22T20:39:50Z")
HAHA, that footer is awesome!!! And that site is ugly. I can’t wait for you to fix it 🙂 [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/removing-backround-via-photoshop/7006.md?page=2)