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Many people use complicated methods to erase backgrounds when they can do it much easier with the Background Eraser tool. It creates great results with its automatic edge detection and selection feathering. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the background eraser tool to erase the sky and replace it with another from a set of realistic sky gradients.
Preview of Final Results
![clip_image002[1]](https://cdn.photoshoptutorials.ws/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/clip_image0021-1.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=64&resize=675%2C451&ssl=1 "clip_image002[1]")
Step 1: Chose an image to work with
Open a photo that you want to extract a background from in Photoshop. In this tutorial I’m going to use a scene of two trees and a blue sky as background, but you can use the same techniques applied here to a variety of images and situations.
41 comments on “Quick Tip: Erase Backgrounds Quickly With The Background Eraser Tool”
Thank You
Clear steps to follow. Super helpful!
it is really helpful for me. thanks for the nice tutorial.
Sorry, the background stayed erased - white and wouldn't change.
Could you please explain if possible how to make this gradient workThank you!
How have I lived my whole life without this tool!? Thank you so much for this tutorial!
Ty so much.
An effective result although unconvincing. Why not select a more subtle gradient?
Incredible work man!Thanks for sharing.
Muito bom! Parabéns pela excelente explicação...
thanq
thank you mait for this wonderful tips
it dont work
thumbs up keep posting
Only the erasing is possible and coloring of background is not possible for those whose is new to photoshope. Kindly tell step by step how to fill the background with new color.
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Most useful tutorial I've done in ages. Thanks a Million!
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Tis a very helpful and detailed tutorial
Thanks
Thank you for a great write up! I've searched for months and though there are plenty youtube tutorials but they all come short. In most of those, the tutor assumes that his audience knows where certain options or features are and they are not mentioned or explained.
Every attempt I made following those tutorials left me frustrated because I could not fully follow them, and because they either skip important steps or don't explain them well.
Your explanation of the Sampling and Tolerance did the job
for me! Though I need to practice more, but I'm getting better results than I ever got.
The biggest problem for me is a photo of an older man with
center baldness and the color of the background so close to the color of the hair, so I keep getting the hair removed.
I spent hours on the background eraser, again, when it came
to the part of the hair, though I decreased the size of the eraser to 5 pixels or less, and zoomed in on the photo, I
still can not get a clean background.
Comments are welcomed!
Thank you again!
Jesse T.
thanks man this make my work more easy!! Nice tutorial
it does not work for the PS element 6
Thank you, that was really very helpful...
This is wat I have been looking for thanks a lot
This is awesome!!!
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Great Can u Make Video for this?
hvala brate! thank you very much!
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It doesn't work...Erased background isn't colored, just rest of photography. Is that because of my mistake or there is another problem?
HVALA
Couldn't get the gradient behind the foreground. Please explain how you dropped it in.
Create another layer beneath the tree layer.. Place the gradient on that layer!
Create another layer and place it beneath the original.
Thank you for this well written & well presented tutorial Guilherme Pejon.
How to replace the new gradient in the final step? Could you please explain it step wise since I am new to photoshop.
i was looking for this tutorial,.
thank u
its very useful for me !
Superb job! Thanks for the help, it was very detailed and useful :)
nice tut
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