Cutting out an image/ removing a background​/ editing an image

With Sprout by HP you can remove objects from their backgrounds, also called extracting, cutting, or masking.
You simply select the image to create a preview, choose the part of the image you want to keep, and choose the part of the image you want to discard.
You can also zoom in or out to get more control over what you select.
You can check out How to Remove the Background with Sprout by HP to read more about this function.
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In Photoshop use File > Save for Web & Devices and choose the GIF or the PNG format.
Note that the PNG has two versions, 8 bit  or 24 bit.
Check the tranparency checkbox.
PNG (24 bit) provides the best result but also the largest file size.
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  • Question about cutting out an object/removing white background

    Hello,  I will start this by saying that I am very new to photoshop.  Any input will be appreciated.
    What I am having trouble with is cutting a part of a picture out and the resulting white box that comes with the picture cutout.  Here is what I mean.
    I make a selection out of a picture and cut it out from the backround, like for example cutting a person out of a photo.  I cut the person out with the magic wand and what remains is the transparent background.  I then save as psd.  I then place the image in INDesign into a publication with a background color of say blue and have no problems there with the cutout of the person blending into the blue background.  Once the psd image is placed in INDesign I can move the image around anywhere in the publication and it blends in perfectly.  So all is good up until this point.  Here is where my problem is.
    Say I want to paste this image into a website, like a dreamweaver page and say the website page has a blue background.  I go to insert, image, and select the image psd to insert to the page.  What happens now is that the image inserts cutout person with a white background box and does not blend in with the blue background like I want.  The same thing happens if I insert as a gif or jpeg.
    What am I missing here to paste the photo in and NOT have this annoying white background?
    Thank you in advance for help!

    In Photoshop use File > Save for Web & Devices and choose the GIF or the PNG format.
    Note that the PNG has two versions, 8 bit  or 24 bit.
    Check the tranparency checkbox.
    PNG (24 bit) provides the best result but also the largest file size.
    miss marple

  • How can I save a a cut-out pic without the white background?

    This may seem like a stupid question, but when I cut-out an image (jpg), and then go to save it, it saves with the background of the pic in white. How can I save it without a background at all so that I can use it in another program like Power Point???

    Thanks for the info. I didn't know jpg. files don't support the transparent background, but guessed that it was going to be something like that.
    Thanks so much for the info and your help!

  • Cutting out an animation from a background

    Hello! I'm a flash noob and I just created my first animation of a plant "growing up", following the tutorial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyUhrR4wLoA. It worked wonders: I basically drew a few lines, transformed it to symbol, created a new mask and script layer, and just used a brush to cover a part of the image on every frame in order to give the illusion of appearance. However, I don't need a background, I just need to cut the animation and make it an independent SWF. Any help to solve this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much in advance!

    You cannot remove a background directly in Flash. however what do you intend to do with the Flash once it is completed ? put it in some Html page ?
    In that case, in your HTML page, do the following 3 step in the <object> section of your Flash script:
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    <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
    Add the following parameter to the EMBED tag: wmode="transparent"
    Edit all <param name="wmode" value="opaque"> and replace the "opaque" (or whatever it may be) with "transparent"
    You will have a flash with transparent background working on all navigator.
    It should look something like this: ( I've put in bold the part that interest you.)
    <object id="FlashID" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="950" height="580">
          <param name="movie" value="Video/Menu.swf" />
          <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
          <param name="quality" value="high" />
          <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
          <param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />
          <param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
          <param name="embed" value="wmode=&quot;transparent&quot;" />
          <param name="selectable" value="false" />
          <param name="border" value="0" />
          <param name="embed" value="border=&quot;0&quot;" />
         <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="Video/Menu.swf" width="950" height="580">
            <param name="quality" value="high" />
            <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
            <param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />
            <param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
            <param name="embed" value="wmode=&quot;transparent&quot;" />
            <param name="selectable" value="false" />
            <param name="border" value="0" />
            <param name="embed" value="border=&quot;0&quot;" />
            <div>
              <h4>Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.</h4>
              <p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" width="112" height="33" /></a></p>
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          </object>
          </object>
    Hope that help
    Message was edited by: Chorale0001

  • Hello guys, could some one please explain the best process using Photoshop CS2 to cut out the picture from a background?

    Hello,
    My name might be photoshopking, but I am still a newbie trying to learn
    I am trying to present footwear on my website and the problem is all of my images need a white background. Because of this, I have to constantly remove the background detail from photos on the net which I currently just use the Magic Wand Tool which isnt great. I seem to find the edges are pixelated and blurry.
    Would someone on the forum please be able to give me an example using a photo from my website about how to remove the background properly? This would massively help.
    I am really struggling with this image: http://traineraddict.com/wp-content/uploads/nike-fragment-design-roshe-run-ld-1000-sp-692x 461_c.jpg
    Any help would be massively appreciated
    Danny

    when ever I have to change the background i usually use the pen tool and that always seemed to work well  for me i just have to take my time and it turns out fine and there is always YouTube if you are a visual learner hoped i helped

  • White strip/border/line/edge on cut out/resized image (problem SOLVED)

    It was all about 64bit-32bit versions.
    I've installed 32-bit CS6 and now everything works perfect.
    No white lines after applying/resizng anything.

    We need to isolate whether you have, possibly:
    1.  Problems with 3rd party software.
    2.  A bug in Photoshop or your system manifesting in 64 bit only.
    3.  Any misunderstandings of how masking and transparency work.
    If you shoot a photo of someone against a light background and try to cut out the pixels in just the subject, you will almost certainly end up with light artifacts at the edges of the subject, because in reality the (light) background color blends with the subject color at the edges.   Placing a masked subject shot against a light background over a dark background can be trouble, having nothing to do with Photoshop problems.
    That said, if you're doing identical things with the same image in each version of Photoshop (32 and 64 bit) and getting visibly different results, you definitely have a problem somewhere.
    What would be helpful for you to do is to develop a simplified sequence of operations on a particular image with which you can create the problems you see, then describe those steps in detail here, along with providing a small image on which to do them.  Facilitating the easy reproduction of the problem will go miles toward having the Adobe people take notice and potentially fix the problem.
    -Noel

  • How do I cut out imported objects and make background transparent?

    Illustrator CS3.
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  • Cutting out an image

    How do I take a created icon ( graphic ) and remove the background, essentially outline the graphic so that when I transfer it to another page there is not a white box around it ?

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  • How do I cut out an image from one photo and paste it in another photo?

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    The selection basically inverts when I dont want it to do that! Any help would be great, its becoming very annoying.
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  • Importing Cut Out Images from Photoshop w/out White Background?

    Hello Everyone,
    I am brand new to Illustrator. I have been a Photoshop user all these years. I am trying to import a photo to Illustrator CS5 that I cutout using this method:
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    Thanks!
    Randall

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