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Remove whole background?

Started Mar 15, 2022 | Discussions
AngelFish Regular Member • Posts: 296
Remove whole background?

Let's say i take a great picture of my dog, in my messy apartment (for example). What is the easiest tool to use to remove the entire background (leaving just the dog) and replace it with a plain or solid background?

Needs to be easy as I am no editing pro & preferably not super expensive, I currently use Luminar 4, but can't figure out how to do it easily (or at all) on there.

Cheers

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Ed Constable Regular Member • Posts: 426
Re: Remove whole background?
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OP AngelFish Regular Member • Posts: 296
Re: Remove whole background?

Ed Constable wrote:

Here you go Angelfish

https://skylum.com/how-to/how-to-remove-background-of-picture

Good luck

Ed

Thanks, I’ve already read that but it seems super complicated. Apparently Neo is going to have this as a one click feature for human portraits - but won’t recognise animals.

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Ed Constable Regular Member • Posts: 426
Re: Remove whole background?

I just tried Neo on a bird. It didn't work.

Ed

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Rodger in Edmonton
Rodger in Edmonton Veteran Member • Posts: 4,599
Re: Remove whole background?

AngelFish wrote:

Let's say i take a great picture of my dog, in my messy apartment (for example). What is the easiest tool to use to remove the entire background (leaving just the dog) and replace it with a plain or solid background?

Needs to be easy as I am no editing pro & preferably not super expensive, I currently use Luminar 4, but can't figure out how to do it easily (or at all) on there.

Cheers

Photoshop is the best way - there are many kinds of dogs, the more shorter and more compact the hair profile and the more the said pooch stands out from the background - the easier it is

1. Black Lab , beagle etc on a plain wall vs a collie against a similiar colored wooded background.

As the question and post some pooch shots in the

Retouching Forum

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/1006

and the Canine Committee will respond in swarms.

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