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I’m no graphics designer and I don’t know much of Photoshop, but lately I’ve been feeling really creative and really want to learn more of Photoshop.

This short tutorial shows you how to take the background out of a photo. Something that comes in very handy.

WARNING: I’m going to use a picture of me for an example. It is very lolsy and may distract you.

1. Open your image in Photoshop. I am using CS2, so the exact steps might not be the same, but they should be very close to whatever version of Photoshop you’re using.

Once you have the image in Photoshop, double click the background layer in your layers. This turns it into a layer.

2. We use the Extract feature for this in Photoshop. It should be under the Filter->Extract menu (ALT+CTRL+X). If it isn’t check the help for your version of Photoshop.

3. Use the marker tool to trace around the image, keeping half of it on the image and half of it on the background.

4. Once you have traced around the image, use the bucket tool to fill the area you want to keep.

5. You can click ok to process the image. The background is now removed.

6. The image might not look too great around the edges, however, you can easily fix this up. To do this, we’re going to use the History brush. Click the box next to the step you did just before the extract.

7. Select the History brush and go around your image and fix up where it needs it. Use the eraser in conjunction with the brush to make it look good.

All done! This is very easy to do in Photoshop and your technique will only improve in both speed and quality the more you do it. Go have fun!