Removing background from images - HTML Forums

Alex Ross · 11-15-2008, 08:39 AM

Hi,

I am designing a catalogue however the photos have a background, for
example the pictures are of shoes but i can see the table the shoe is
sitting on and the background behind the shoe, is there a way to cut
the shoes out in Photoshop so the background is removed?

Thanks

Pegasus · 11-15-2008, 09:07 AM

You can use the pen tool, as described in this thread:

http://www.htmlforums.com/graphics-a...ons-58892.html

Sam.Connelly · 11-18-2008, 05:04 PM

Or use the polygon lasso tool-then select inverse and delete
www.tutorialized.com helps alot

Alex Ross · 11-19-2008, 06:46 AM

I am finding this too hard, I googled and found some companies that do this sort of thing, has anyone tried them? Is clipping path the same as deepetching. www.deepetch.com seems to be one good one, I also saw www.lazymask.com and www.digital-media-tech.com. Has anyone had any experience with this sort of thing. My catalog has over 300 images of jewellery and jackets with fur fitted on manequins due in two weeks, all shot on a blue studio background. Do I require alpha channel masking? Can anyone help please?

notsonew · 11-20-2008, 09:13 PM

I have been using the lasso tool in Photoshop CS3. It's good but I am finicky and it sometimes leaves a white border type of thing. A graphic designer told me to shrink the selection in by 1 but it still doesn't look the way I want it so I go into pixels and erase by pixel. There isn't that much to do after you have initially cut it out using the lasso tool.
Some times I even use Microsoft picture it to cut it out (works better then the lasso tool) and then clean it up in Photoshop. A bit old ways but if it works don't knock it.

trouble706 · 11-20-2008, 09:15 PM

I use the "magic eraser". It works really simple in removing the background from images.