

Go to Filter -> Noise -> Median and choose a radius that will make all the dirt vanish. We found that the Median Filter works very well and saves a ton of time. The fastest way to clean a background in Photoshop is by using Photoshop’s Filters. Like what you see Get our complete Adobe Photoshop Elements 15 video training course.
#HOW TO BLUR BACKGROUND PHOTOSHOP CS5 MAC HOW TO#
In today’s episode we show you how to clean a backdrop in Photoshop. During this Photoshop Elements 15 tutorial video, we will show you how to sharpen or blur certain parts of an image by using the brush. Many popular celebrity portraits were photographed in hotel rooms using a roll of white seamless paper.īecause your subjects will be standing on a giant sheet of white paper, chances are the paper is going to get dirty. Achieve a Clean Backdropīackdrop paper is also ideal for remove people out of their Backgrounds or eliminating Distractions. You can pick up a white seamless background for less than $100, turning any space into a photo studio. Things do look kind of weird in our example with the scooter, but now you are aware of your options! Imagine for example a cool landscape picture with a distracting object like a trash can in front.The white Background has become a standard in the photography world and for good reasons. After using the ‘Lasso’ to go around the scooter and copying the layer, don’t continue with the original layer, but select the copied layer and continue with that! Click ‘Filter’, click ‘Blur’ and select ‘Gaussian Blur’. In that case, things are again very easy.

You may simply want this scooter part of your image blurry and the shop in the background stand out. You may not care about the scooter at all. It could also occur that you want to do things the other way around. Be precise in your ‘Lasso’ selection! Blur Selected Object Just as a finishing touch, I wanted to fix the tones in the image. Everything to the right of the pin will be sharp, everything between the 2 pins will gradually become blurry Click ok to apply. As you can see when you look at the front wheel of the scooter, things don’t look nearly as perfect as we would want it to be. Hold Ctrl/Cmd+Double click on the pin to set the blur to zero. We did not do this perfectly on purpose to show you the importance of this step. As you can see in our example though, it is really important to perfectly surround the picture when using the ‘Lasso’ tool. The background is blurred and your scooter stands out. Click ‘OK’ if you are happy with the changes that you made. Slide to make things less or more blurred. The following ‘Gaussian Blur’ box will open. Click ‘Filter’, click ‘Blur’ and select ‘Gaussian Blur’. To blur the background, click/select the original layer to continue. It is really straightforward! Blur Background This ‘Lasso’ step is always the first step when it comes to blurring parts of images in Photoshop!! Next we will tell you how to blur the background, not the selected object (the scooter) and afterwards how to blur the selected object (the scooter) and not the background. After doing this, click CTRL+J to copy the new layer (or right-click the surrounded object and select ‘Layer Copy’). Click on the next sharpening tool from the list, Sharpen Edges. Click it and the menu will disappear and your image will be slightly sharper.

You'll see a few different sharpening tools and each one has its own merit. Simply use your mouse to surround the object. Open the Sharpen menu from the drop down Filter list. Use the ‘Lasso’ tool to go around an object, in this case the scooter. To blur certain parts of images in Photoshop, first click the ‘Lasso’ tool in the left toolbar in Photoshop.
