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Change a photo background
Have a great photo but don't like the background? Change it! With a little patience and practice, a pair of images and an image editing program that offers layering, you can.
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Changing the background of a digital image
- Open your image and then click on an edge selection tool such as the Magnetic Lasso found in Adobe Photoshop or Elements.
- Carefully outline the edges of the subject. You may have to use the add and subtract icon to get a more precise outline.
- After the image is selected, inverse the selection. Select > Inverse.
- Next, open the image you plan to use for the background -- in this illustration, a plain beach scene. The image will open in a new window.
- Select all, then copy. Select menu > All
- Edit menu > copy. The sunset image will be placed on the clipboard.
- Make the first window active by clicking on it; then use the paste into menu to place the clipboard image into the selected area. edit > paste into.
- If desired, move the image around with the move tool selected until the background image is place as you like it.
- Save image layers as a JPEG file.
Refer to your program manual or help files for specific information.
