Black or white background

Hi, I see a lot of animal pictures, dogs and horses with solid black backgrounds and I don't know how it's done in photoshop, but I've been told it can be done. Does anyone know how to do it? Thanks

Well, there’re many ways....
Depending on the source-image... make a selection of the background...
Use Convert to Black and White / or use an Adjustment Layer with Levels /
or use a Fill Layer with Solid Colour / or...
Regards
Nolan

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