{"id":601,"date":"2022-06-22T13:01:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T13:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/?p=601"},"modified":"2025-06-23T09:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:56:27","slug":"how-to-remove-objects-from-the-background-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/22\/how-to-remove-objects-from-the-background-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Objects From the Background in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During graphic designing, there often comes a time when you find an image really suitable for your project save for that one object. If you\u2019re facing such a situation, then take a look at this tutorial where I\u2019m going to show you a quick, yet effective way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/remove-image-background-online\/\">remove any object from its background<\/a> using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/category\/photoshop\/\">Photoshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s really easy and merely takes a few steps to erase an object in Photoshop. But before we start, here\u2019s a before and after of the image to give you an idea of what this technique will achieve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> You can also now do this with Photoshop\u2019s Generative AI. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/photoshop-generative-ai\/\">how to install and use this feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/open-webp-in-photoshop\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: How to Open .WebP Files in Photoshop\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Open .WebP Files in Photoshop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img=\"{ &quot;src&quot; : &quot;https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/open-webp-in-photoshop.jpg&quot; }\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-53742 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/open-webp-in-photoshop.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<p><\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">How to Open .WebP Files in Photoshop<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWebP is a new image file format developed by Google. The main feature of this format is that&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" width=\"1506\" height=\"998\" alt=\"before after\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/before-and-after.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>To follow through with the tutorial, you can use the exact same image I use. The image can be downloaded <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/back-view-of-a-person-in-winter-clothing-walking-alone-on-snow-covered-ground-1891882\/\">here<\/a>, or <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"ps-remove-object-backrground\/pexels-gantas-vai%C4%8Diul%C4%97nas-1891882.jpg\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the image in Photoshop and select the <strong>Object Selection Tool<\/strong> from the left <strong>Toolbar<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" width=\"1478\" height=\"1051\" alt=\"object selection tool\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/object-selection-tool.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Drag it over the object you wish to remove.<br \/>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" width=\"976\" height=\"788\" alt=\"drag select object\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/drag-select-object.gif\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now go to <strong>Select<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Modify<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Expand<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" width=\"1407\" height=\"1072\" alt=\"select modify expand\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/select-modify-expand.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Enter a value of anywhere from <strong>10 to 100<\/strong> (you might need to do some trial and error for the best result) and then hit <strong>OK<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" width=\"714\" height=\"379\" alt=\"expand selection\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/expand-selection.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>The highlighted object will be expanded. It should look something like this.<br \/>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" width=\"1175\" height=\"821\" alt=\"expanded object\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/expanded-object.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now, go to <strong>Edit<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Fill<\/strong>. Make sure <strong>Content-Aware<\/strong> is selected, then click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" width=\"1170\" height=\"738\" alt=\"edit and fill\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/edit-fill.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>And Voila! your object has now vanished!<br \/>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" alt=\"after\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/after.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Do try out this technique and let us know how it went for you.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/ps-remove-object-backrground\/\">How to Remove Objects From the Background in Photoshop<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\">Hongkiat<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During graphic designing, there often comes a time when you find an image really suitable for your project save for that one object. If you\u2019re facing such a situation, then take a look at this tutorial where I\u2019m going to show you a quick, yet effective way to remove any object from its background using&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accessibility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":621,"href":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions\/621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niceexcept.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}