Comments on: How To Use The Background Eraser Tool In Photoshop http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/05/27/how-to-use-the-background-eraser-tool-in-photoshop/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:16:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Farley http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/05/27/how-to-use-the-background-eraser-tool-in-photoshop/comment-page-1/#comment-926441 Jennifer Farley Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:26:45 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=9864#comment-926441 Hi FastLion! Yes all the best design companies have Lion in their name! You're right about changing from dragging, to multiple clicking. You'll find with many of the Photoshop tools that you need to set different options from image to image. Hi FastLion! Yes all the best design companies have Lion in their name!

You’re right about changing from dragging, to multiple clicking. You’ll find with many of the Photoshop tools that you need to set different options from image to image.

]]> By: samanime http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/05/27/how-to-use-the-background-eraser-tool-in-photoshop/comment-page-1/#comment-926260 samanime Fri, 29 May 2009 22:47:55 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=9864#comment-926260 One problem with the halo is that it needs to be there, or else the image looks weird. However, if the halo doesn't match, it also looks weird. So the trick is to change the halo to make it suit whatever background you end up using. If you're going to leave it transparent, a halo that fades to transparent would work. I don't know of any actual tutorials or shortcuts, but a combination of the selection tools and the blur/smear/etc. tools will help you get a more natural look. One problem with the halo is that it needs to be there, or else the image looks weird.

However, if the halo doesn’t match, it also looks weird. So the trick is to change the halo to make it suit whatever background you end up using. If you’re going to leave it transparent, a halo that fades to transparent would work.

I don’t know of any actual tutorials or shortcuts, but a combination of the selection tools and the blur/smear/etc. tools will help you get a more natural look.

]]> By: FastLionDesign http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/05/27/how-to-use-the-background-eraser-tool-in-photoshop/comment-page-1/#comment-926172 FastLionDesign Thu, 28 May 2009 01:08:43 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=9864#comment-926172 Jennifer: Great tutorial. Thanks. I just tried this on a photo of an historic house. It goes without saying, I suppose, that the Background Eraser Tool works best where the top of the house meets the sky, and the color of the sky is fairly uniform. But when I tried this next to the gutter, where the color of the gutter is similar to the trees, the results were uneven. I have to be more careful there. For this reason, I think it is best to click on trouble areas then let up on the mouse. Then move to the next area and click again and then let up. Clicking and dragging just doesn't work in problem areas. By the way, Jennifer, you must be a cool person if you put Lion in the name of your company. What could be better than that? George Jennifer:

Great tutorial. Thanks. I just tried this on a photo of an historic house. It goes without saying, I suppose, that the Background Eraser Tool works best where the top of the house meets the sky, and the color of the sky is fairly uniform. But when I tried this next to the gutter, where the color of the gutter is similar to the trees, the results were uneven. I have to be more careful there.

For this reason, I think it is best to click on trouble areas then let up on the mouse. Then move to the next area and click again and then let up. Clicking and dragging just doesn’t work in problem areas.

By the way, Jennifer, you must be a cool person if you put Lion in the name of your company. What could be better than that?

George

]]> By: cydewaze http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/05/27/how-to-use-the-background-eraser-tool-in-photoshop/comment-page-1/#comment-926138 cydewaze Wed, 27 May 2009 14:12:53 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=9864#comment-926138 Now if I could figure out how to do this in Gimp, I'd be all set! Now if I could figure out how to do this in Gimp, I’d be all set!

]]> By: omnibreak http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/05/27/how-to-use-the-background-eraser-tool-in-photoshop/comment-page-1/#comment-926131 omnibreak Wed, 27 May 2009 13:18:20 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=9864#comment-926131 Really nice technique, not one i've used before. But sill the same niggle with all the other methods i've used. You still get that background halo on the remain image. I know its caused by the ambient lighting and reflection and stuff, but can be really annoying if the new image is a completly different colour to the original background. If somone has a tutorial or method to get rid of the halo then that would be great. :D Really nice technique, not one i’ve used before. But sill the same niggle with all the other methods i’ve used. You still get that background halo on the remain image. I know its caused by the ambient lighting and reflection and stuff, but can be really annoying if the new image is a completly different colour to the original background.

If somone has a tutorial or method to get rid of the halo then that would be great. :D

]]> By: 7spoint7 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/05/27/how-to-use-the-background-eraser-tool-in-photoshop/comment-page-1/#comment-926097 7spoint7 Wed, 27 May 2009 04:29:10 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=9864#comment-926097 Beautiful Jennifer. Thanks Beautiful Jennifer. Thanks

]]> By: @nationwideclass http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/05/27/how-to-use-the-background-eraser-tool-in-photoshop/comment-page-1/#comment-926079 @nationwideclass Tue, 26 May 2009 21:34:53 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=9864#comment-926079 I would also hold down control, click the image in your layers, get the image transparency, then modify, contract by 2-4 pixel to remove the rest of the orange, etc. I would also hold down control, click the image in your layers, get the image transparency, then modify, contract by 2-4 pixel to remove the rest of the orange, etc.

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