REMOVE RECTANGLE OUTLINE PHOTOSHOP HOW TO

REMOVE RECTANGLE OUTLINE PHOTOSHOP HOW TO

I really could write a lot about how to use Paths in Photoshop, Illustrator and, indeed InDesign but the best way to learn how to trace with Paths is to teach yourself.īasically, you click once where you want to start and then click on the next point along and drag to get the curve you want. The best way to do this is with Paths which are Bézier curves and defined by mathematical equations (named after Pierre Bézier, mathematician and engineer who developed this method of computer drawing while working for Renault). In this case you just have to trace round the object manually. Our other example is of a figure with a differing background which is virtually impossible to select by way of some cool Photoshop trick. Unfortunately, not all images, like our friend the giraffe above, are as easy to cut out. Photoshop Cut Out Shape with the Path tool (P) You may want to Feather the selection at this point (Select > Modify > Feather… Feature Radius of 1 or 2) which will blur the edges of the cut-out sightly. Or in order to select the giraffe and not the sky or vice versa, inverse the selection (Select > Inverse: Cmd/Ctrl-Shift-I). Once the background is selected is can be deleted. In the case of the above image a Tolerance of 100 was sufficient to select the sky. A Tolerance of zero selects only the most identical pixels to where you have clicked (likely to be a very small part of the image) a higher number for the Tolerance selects parts of the image that are less and less similar to the pixel you clicked on and a Tolerance of the maximum 255 selects all pixels that are completely different to the pixel you clicked on (the whole image!) In order to control which pixels the Magic Wand selects you change the Tolerance. There are a number of tools that do the same thing like the Background Eraser Tool as well as the Magnetic Lasso Tool but I find the Magic Wand better. The Magic Wand in Photoshop selects a consistently colored area without having to trace an outline. Photoshop Cut Out Shape with the Magic Wand tool (W)

So, how do we create these photoshop cutouts and get rid of backgrounds? In this video above I give you two ways (although there are many more): an easy way and a hard way. Just do a Google image search for “product” and you’ll see that the advertising industry has cottoned on to this.

Have a look at the two flowers below, which one makes the most impact?Ĭut outs look great. If you spend anytime designing, you’ll know that a Photoshop cut out shape or image is more interesting than a square or rectangular image.

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