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How to Easily Remove Background in Photoshop

Photoshop offers many different techniques to remove a background from an image.For simple backgrounds, using the standard magic wand tool to select and delete the background may well be more than adequate.

The Magic Eraser Tool

As the name says Magic Erase Tool can do some magic! When you click with the Magic Erase tool on a particular pixel, similar pixels will be erased (like magic wand selects similar color). You can click on different shades to erase parts of a picture. Magic Erase may be defined as a color based Eraser.

Remove a Background, Step 1: Open your Image

Start by grabbing an image that you want to remove the background from.To open an image click File and hit open, select your image or for short-keys you can hit command+O (for Mac), ctrl+O for windows. 

I will be using this image.

Remove a Background, Step 2: Select Magic Eraser Tool

Select the Magic Eraser tool from the Photoshop toolbox. It may be hidden beneath the Background Eraser tool. If it is, simply click and hold the Magic Eraser tool to reveal it.

Remove a Background, Step 3: Begin Erasing

Simply just click on the background and see the magic of magic tool.

A Video Tutorial is given below so that you can understand more easily.

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How to Work with RAW Images in Photoshop

Working with RAW in Photoshop will give you the most power and flexibility when editing your image. In this tutorial, I will show you how to open RAW photos in photoshop through Adobe Camera RAW, load them as smart object so that you can make adjustments at any time, and setup your project to work in the correct color space and with all of the benefits of a 16bit image.

Adobe Camera RAW

Whether you’re working in Photoshop or Lightroom, Adobe Camera RAW is the engine in charge of processing any RAW files that you’re working with. RAW images allow you to make adjustments to the information captured by the camera. So instead of having to edit and change the pixels of a photo, like you would do with a JPEG, you can use RAW processing software to read and interpret the full spectrum of information captured by the camera–which is often far greater than what you’ll see when simply previewing the image.

Making changes to exposure, white balance, or distortion is far more effective when working in ACR(ADOBE CAMERA RAW), so understanding how to this software in combination with Photoshop can add an extra dimension of quality to your work.

Open the Image and go to Filter.Click Camera Raw File.

“This window will pop up and you can work on you image the way you want it to look or feel”

Sample Image 

“After using camera raw tool you can easily see the difference”

Smart Objects

RAW files will not load as Smart Objects by default, so if you’ve never changed this setting before, now is the time! When you first open a RAW in Photoshop, the Adobe Camera RAW dialog will appear. To the right you will see the many adjustments you can make to prepare your image for the editing process.

RAW files will not load as Smart Objects by default, so if you’ve never changed this setting before, now is the time! When you first open a RAW in Photoshop, the Adobe Camera RAW dialog will appear. To the right you will see the many adjustments you can make to prepare your image for the editing process.

Now your images will load as Smart Object layers in Photoshop. Double click on these layers at any time to open the Adobe Camera RAW dialog and make any additional changes to the RAW information.

Now you’re on your way to utilizing the full power of RAW images in Photoshop!

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How to Color Tone in Photoshop

Add style and color to any photo in minutes in Photoshop! In this tutorial, I will breaks down a simple and effective technique to add color to the highlights and shadows of any image using Levels Adjustment Layers. Learn where to find Levels, how to adjust colors in the Levels dialog, and how to get even more precision using Layer Masks.

Next level coloring

Great coloring doesn’t have to involve dozens of different tools and countless hours of work. Levels adjustment layers are a powerful do-it-all tool that can professionally color a photo in minutes.

After adding a levels adjustment Layer over the image you wish to color, the level properties dialog will appear. We will permanently be working with the two sliders. the histogram which allows you to adjust light and dark input levels and the sliders below, which allows you to adjust output levels for light and dark

Input & Output Levels

Adjusting the input levels allows you to select the black point, white point, or mid-tone point of an image and slide each to the left or right. When you slide the black point to the left, it will change all of the information at or to the right of the slider is to black, darkening the image. If you move the white point to the left, it will change all of the information at or to the right of the slider to white, lightening the image. The center mid-tone slider can be pushed to either the left or the right, which will lighten or darken the mid-tones of the image.The output levels work a little bit differently. If you take the black slider and move it to the right, it will make the darkest parts of the image lighter. Moving the white slider left will make the lightest parts darker.

Bringing in Color

So what does all this talk of dark and light points have to do with coloring a photo? If you click on the RGB drop-down menu above the histogram, you’ll see several color channel options for adjusting reds, blues, and greens individually.

Selecting the red color channel will offer you a number of options to either increase or decrease the amount of red that appears within the highlights and shadows of a photo. Using the input levels, if you select the dark point and move it to the right, reds will be removed from the shadows of the image, making it appear more blue. If you move the white slider from the right to the left, it will add reds to the lighter areas. Knowing all of this, you might predict how the output slider will work. If you move the black point to the right, reds will be added to the darker areas. Moving the white slider to the left, will reduce reds in the lighter areas, making them appear more blue.Using the Levels Adjustment Layer, you can target a specific color channel to either add more of that color into the highlights or shadows, or add more of its complementary color to the highlights or shadows. Working with complementary colors is an easy and effective method for creating visual interest in an aesthetically appropriate way.

Remember that you can apply multiple Levels Adjustment Layers and can use them with Layer Masks for precise, creative looks!

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After 

Here is a short video tutorial to help you guys how you can easily find the adjustment level tool and play with it.