How to Make a Transparent Background: 5 Easy Methods for Clean, Professional Results

Professional visuals, such as logos, product photos, ads & marketing materials, as well as website graphics, often require you to remove the background of the photo. Properly removing the background of your image is essential for making sure your subject/image will stand out and fit within almost any design. 

Over the last few years there have become numerous ways to remove the background of digital images; from many automated online sites, to advanced manual editing in Photoshop, to outsourcing to a professional with the skills necessary to meet your needs consistently and at a higher quality level.

This guide will give you enough information about the available methods so you can make an informed decision based on your own skill level or needs for using a specific method.

5 Ways to Remove Background Image 

Here are 5 ways that you can use to remove background images from any picture. This includes: 

Remove Background Using Online Background Removal Tools

The quickest option to take out the background from your pictures is to make use of online background removal tools. The online tools for background removal utilize artificial intelligence to identify your subject and eliminate anything from a particular area that should not be there automatically.

How does it work?

• You upload an image to the tool
• The artificial intelligence automatically identifies the subject
• The background is eliminated immediately
• Then, download the clear PNG file with just the subject only

Benefits:

• No editing expertise necessary
• Very fast processing speed
• Great for beginner users
• Allows for bulk image processing in some tools

Limitations:

• May be challenging removing hair and fur based on the way your image was taken or colorized, etc.
• Little to no control over the fine details
• Some of the online tools may require you to pay for your high-resolution file.

Online tools work really well for fast editing, social media graphics, and general use over the web, but may not yield the quality you need if you are looking for a more polished product.

Remove Background in Photoshop for Maximum Precision

Photoshop is a powerful software program that allows users to perfectly clean up backgrounds behind photos/images, which is why it is a great fit for designers and other creative professions.

To use Adobe Photoshop to take away a photo’s image background:

• Launch Photoshop and load your photo.
• In the top menu, select the “Select” option and choose “Subject.”
• Click the Remove Background option on the right side menu.
• Clean up any rough edges with Select and Mask.
• Save your photo with a .png file extension (to keep the background transparent).

Reasons to use Adobe Photoshop to get rid of/image background:

• Accurate results
• Excellent edge detection capabilities
• Good for complex images
• Complete image quality control

There are a number of different tools found within Adobe Photoshop that help to create clean backgrounds behind images. These include: Remove Background button, Quick Selection Tool, Pen Tool to make detailed selections, and Select and Mask Workhorse.

When taking pictures of products or creating branding or marketing pieces, use Photoshop to achieve the highest quality possible.

Also read- Best Adobe Photoshop Alternatives

Use Professional Background Removal Services 

If you need consistent, high-quality images for business, eCommerce, or bulk purposes, image background removal by professionals is your best bet.

Professional services manual for accuracy of edges, clipping paths, and preferred natural view is worth an effort, not merely based on automation. Visuals Clipping’s services include expert background removal specifically for product photography, fashion photography, and marketing images.

Instead of spending hours editing on your own, it would be more effective, whereas a professional can manage it fast and efficiently with all top-quality results.

Outsourcing helps achieve:

• Pin-point precision
• Ideal for ordain photo batches
• Time-efficient
• Quality consistency of the images
• Construction of Complex and detail-oriented images

This makes for an especially beneficial process for online stores, photographers, agencies, and businesses that live and breathe through clean visuals.

Remove Background Using Mobile Apps

There are mobile applications which allow you to quickly remove any kind of background from your photographic image with ease using your smartphone. The mobile applications also utilize AI technology like most online background removal tools but have been developed specifically for optimal mobile use.

Examples of mobile applications that Remove Background include:

• Background Eraser
• Remove.bg App
• Canva (Mobile Version)
• Adobe Express

Benefits of using Mobile Applications for Background Removal include:

• Convenience / Portability
• Ease of use
• Fast Edit for Social Media Use

Drawbacks of using Mobile Applications for Background Removal include:

• Not as accurate compared to Desktop Applications
• Limited Fine Editing Capability
• May Decrease the Quality of the Original Image

Mobile Applications are great for making quick edits to photographs, producing Influencer Content and meeting basic graphic design needs.

Use Graphic Design Tools Like Canva or Illustrator

Canva, and Adobe Illustrator are some of the platforms for designing to use, and both of them have a built-in feature for removing the background from an image.

For Canva, removing a background from an image is done by doing the following:

• Uploading the image to the platform.
• Click the “Edit Image” button.
• Select “Remove Background”.
• Export the edited image without the original background.

Some of the benefits of using these tools include:

• An integrated design and editing process
• Easy to combine edited images with existing design elements
• Great for beginners wanting a quick and easy way to create.

While the tools above are user-friendly and can produce good results quickly, they do not provide results that are as accurate or of as high a quality as those produced using Photoshop or by other professional image editors.

Also read- Types of Graphic Design

Which Method is Right for You? A Quick Comparison

To help you decide which background removal method fits your current project, use this summary table to compare speed, quality, and effort.

Method	Best for…	Speed	Quality	Effort
Online AI Tools	Social media & casual use	Instant	Average	Very Low
Adobe Photoshop	Professional designers	Fast-Medium	Very High	High (skill required)
Professional Services	Business, eCommerce & Bulk	12-24 Hours	Elite/Perfect	Zero (done for you)
Mobile Apps	On-the-go influencer edits	Instant	Low-Average	Low
Canva / Illustrator	Simple marketing graphics	Fast	Good	Medium

Conclusion

Establishing a professional and consistent branding image is critical to building your visual identity and enhancing the quality of all of your marketing pieces. Removing the background from images is an important step in creating your marketing image. There are many methods of removing the background from an image.

Artificial intelligence (AI) based software programs, mobile applications, Photoshop and professional services are among them. The method you choose to remove the background from an image will depend on your preferences, technical ability and the length of time you have been using an editing program.

In general, simple edits are quick and easy to create using standard software, whereas more sophisticated edits require manual techniques or professional assistance. Therefore, the quality of your completed transparent images and the continuity of your branding across all channels will be determined in large part by the method you choose for removing an image’s background.

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