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Remove the background from an image

asterix720 Posted messages 40 Status Member -  
Luke1 Posted messages 18751 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   -
Hello,

I want to remove all elements from an image and keep only the colored background.

How should I proceed?

Thank you.

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    XxX.:{AcErO}:.XxX Posted messages 84 Status Member 34
     
    With photo editing software like (Photoshop, Gimp, Macromedia Fireworks...)

    You use your selection tool to select the part that interests you, then you copy or cut it and paste it onto a new page.

    There you go, I hope I answered your question.
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  2. Luke1 Posted messages 18751 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   5 435
     
    If the colored background is of a particular color and you want to save it, you need to save it (save the color or the pattern), it doesn't work with landscapes or other backgrounds with various shapes unless you know how to properly assemble and retouch, and even then it's not always easy: it depends on the background. With a selection tool, you select your subject, inverse the selection, and cut, and voilà, no more background. All you have to do is open a new background filled with the color and pattern of the old one, perfectly neutral or a new one (another image) and copy/paste your subject onto this new background. Then, depending on the software and what you want to do, you flatten the image, merge the layers, or confirm the paste...
    You can do this with all image processing software, and since you seem to be a beginner, free software like PhotoFiltre, which is relatively simple (a bit less when you know it a bit) or GIMP, which is much less simple and even quite complicated. In short, all retouching and montage software can do this, from the small PhotoFiltre at €0.00 to the latest from Adobe at €1400.00 (the professional gas factory for pros and experienced amateurs) passing through everything that exists in this family of software...

    Luke.

    PS: I just reread your question: it may be enough to mask the subject(s) with parts of the background and it's done....

    The price of software is inversely proportional to its ergonomics...
    (Takuan Soho 1573 - 1645 ...)
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