Extract an object from the background - Photoshop

1. Select the object you want to isolate from its background

1. Choose the Quick Selection tool
2. Adjust the brush diameter (keyboard shortcut: [ to make smaller ] to make larger).
   • Note the + in the center of the brush, you will be adding to the selection
   • Hold down the Option key to remove areas from the selection

2. Once you have a good selection, Refine the Edge

Choose the Refine Edge... button at the top in the Quick Selection Tool Properties

3. Set the View Mode

From the View Mode drop-down choose the background color that works best for your image

4. Adjust the Edge parameters

• Smooth, Feather, Contrast, try different sliders to see what works best for your image
• If there are parts of the selection that need more help you can refine the edge by dragging the cursor of that part of the image
• Check the Decontaminate Colors checkbox (this does a good job of further remove background pixels

5. Set the Output

Under the Decontaminate Colors is the setting to choose how to output the newly extracted image

• Recommended is New Layer with Layer Mask
• Click OK
• You are returned to your normal view and a new layer with a layer mask is created. Your foreground image has been removed from its background which now reveals only transparency.