{"id":18074,"date":"2013-01-10T17:03:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T22:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=18074"},"modified":"2017-05-01T12:18:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T17:18:06","slug":"image-background-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/image-background-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clean Up Your Image Background in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"shooting-on-a-white-seamless-this-handy-photoshop-tutorial-will-show-you-how-to-quickly-clean-up-solid-backgrounds-to-make-your-images-clean-and-polished\">Shooting on a white seamless? This handy Photoshop tutorial will show you how to quickly clean up solid backgrounds to make your images clean and polished!<\/h2>\n<p>Solid backgrounds are never actually solid, are they? If it&#8217;s a <strong>cloth background<\/strong> you&#8217;ll get wrinkles. With <strong>paper backgrounds<\/strong>, you&#8217;ll pick up dirt and creases. And no matter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/three-tips-for-lighting-product-shots-on-a-white-backdrop\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">how much time you spend on lighting<\/a>, it&#8217;s nearly impossible to get an <strong>evenly lit background <\/strong>without<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>creating shadows and lighter\/darker spots.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, it&#8217;s super-easy to <strong>clean up solid color backgrounds in your images using Photoshop<\/strong>. Although there are several ways to do this, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aknacer?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Aaron Nace<\/a> from <a title=\"Phlearn\" href=\"http:\/\/phlearn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Phlearn.com<\/a> demonstrates one of the most effective in the video tutorial below. Here are some of the video&#8217;s highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using Photoshop curves and threshold adjustment layers with the histogram to see trouble areas in an image.<\/li>\n<li>Make a selection of everything that should be a solid color and make it a layer mask.<\/li>\n<li>Refine the mask for clean edges (feather and contrast).<\/li>\n<li>Create gradients to give the image definition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Phlearn&#8217;s a great resource for any <strong>photographer or Photoshop<\/strong> user. Check out their\u00a0<a title=\"Phlearn Tutorials\" href=\"http:\/\/phlearn.com\/2012\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">quality FREE tutorials<\/a>, and jump to 2:00 in the video below to dig into the <strong>Photoshop image background<\/strong> tutorial.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hK4IrdB2_bg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out PremiumBeat&#8217;s blog for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog?s=Photoshop\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Photoshop tips, tricks, and techniques<\/a> \u2014 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/category\/photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">photographers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/category\/video-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">video editors<\/a> alike!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Got any post-production tips for fixing background issues?<\/strong> Share them in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shooting on a white seamless? 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