But, what’s the best way to get rid of a white background in Photoshop? – remove.bg makes removing a white background that bit easier. It’s completely free and removes your backgrounds within seconds after you drag and drop an image. We even offer a selection of backgrounds, including block color and fade-outs, so you can instantly jazz up your pictures.
- Working on other edits and want to stay in Photoshop? No problem — we’ve made removing white backgrounds a breeze there, too, with the remove.bg plugin,
- Its sophisticated AI is better at isolating hard-to-reach parts of an object, like clunky shapes, wispy hair, and pesky object shadows.
- Background removal with one click of a button and amazing results.
Make your editing easier by following these steps: 1. Go ahead and download the free plugin,2. Sign up at remove.bg and get your first image free, so you can preview what your image will look like. Then you can purchase more credits and continue editing your other photos.
One credit for one photo starts from as little as 7 cents.3. Enter your API key in the extension.4. Find remove.bg in the Photoshop Plugins drop-down menu.5. Click the Remove Background button and speed up the background removal process in Photoshop in seconds.6. Save your image as a PNG and/or continue editing.
The plugin’s layer mask editing tool is an added extra to remove or restore areas of an image with a single click starting point — just in case. 
How do I separate the background of a white picture?
Another option for removing the background – If your image isn’t stored in an Office file, you can use a similar process with Windows Paint 3D. For details, see Remove the background of a photo with Paint 3D,
- Select the picture that you want to remove the background from.
- Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, select Remove Background,
- Click one of the handles on the marquee lines and then drag the line so that it contains the portion of the picture that you wish to keep, and excludes most of the areas you wish to remove.
You can sometimes get the result you want without any additional work by experimenting with the position and size of the marquee lines. Tip: To undo marked areas, select Delete Mark and then select the line. - If the default area isn’t correct, go to Background Removal > Picture Tools and do one or both of the following:
- Select Mark Areas to Keep and use the drawing pencil to mark the areas on the picture that you want to keep.
- Select Mark Areas to Remove and use the drawing pencil to mark those areas to remove.
- When you’re done, select Keep Changes or Discard All Changes, To save the image in a separate file for later use, right-click the image and select Save as Picture,
You can apply an artistic effect or add picture effects to the picture remaining after you’ve removed the background.
- Select the picture.
- On the Picture Format tab of the ribbon, select Remove Background, If you don’t see Remove Background or the Picture Format tab, make sure that you’ve selected a picture. You might have to double-click the picture to select it and open the Picture Format tab.
- The default background area is colored magenta to mark it for removal, while the foreground retains its natural coloring.
- If the default area isn’t correct, under Picture Tools, on the Background Removal tab, do one or both of the following:
- Select Mark Areas to Keep and use the free-form drawing pencil to mark the areas on the picture that you want to keep.
- Select Mark Areas to Remove and use the drawing pencil to mark those areas to remove.
- When you’re done, select Keep Changes or Discard All Changes, To save the image in a separate file for later use, right-click the image and select Save as Picture,
Can a JPEG have a transparent background?
How to save photos with transparent backgrounds with Photoshop – Once you’re done editing, you need to ensure you’ve selected the right format in which to save your image. If you want to save your new image with its transparent background, choose either TIFF, PNG, or GIF formats.
These formats support image transparency. Should you save your beautiful new image as a JPEG file? Bad idea. JPEG formats don’t support transparent backgrounds and will save your new image with a white background instead. If you did save your image as a JPEG by mistake, don’t worry — here’s a helpful article by remove.bg on how to remove a white background in Photoshop.
Here are the steps to save images with transparent backgrounds with Photoshop:
On the top toolbar, select the > File menu. Select the > Save As option. From the Format options, choose either TIFF, PNG, or GIF. If you’ve picked the GIF or TIFF format, make sure to check the > Save Transparency box on the bottom left. If you’ve picked the popular PNG format, make sure to choose the right image size. Hit the > Save button to download your new image.
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Why is the PNG background not transparent in Photoshop?
Go to the Properties panel (if it’s not open, you can go to Window > Properties), and under Artboard background color, change the dropdown menu to Transparent.
How do I make a solid background transparent in Photoshop?
Adjusting layer opacity –
- Select the desired layer, then click the Opacity drop-down arrow at the top of the Layers panel.
- Click and drag the slider to adjust the opacity. You’ll see the layer opacity change in the document window as you move the slider. If you set the opacity to 0%, the layer will become completely transparent, or invisible.