{"id":3579,"date":"2014-04-09T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T17:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/?p=3579"},"modified":"2015-07-31T18:25:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T23:25:48","slug":"three-steps-to-instantly-remove-the-background-from-your-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/2014\/04\/09\/three-steps-to-instantly-remove-the-background-from-your-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Steps to Instantly Remove The Background From Your Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=105467682877384&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/2014\/04\/09\/three-steps-to-instantly-remove-the-background-from-your-images\/\" send=\"true\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"\"><\/fb:like><!-- Place this tag where you want the +1 button to render --><g:plusone annotation=\"inline\"><\/g:plusone><br \/>\nBy Lon Hosford<br \/>\nI really hate using powerful graphic programs to do simple tasks in artwork workflow. One specific workflow task is removing backgrounds from images.<figure id=\"attachment_3580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3580\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/clipping_magic_woman_face-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"Example using Woman&#039;s Face. Example using Woman&#039;s Face\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/clipping_magic_woman_face-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/clipping_magic_woman_face.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example using Woman&#8217;s Face. <br \/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/clippingmagic.com\" title=\"www.clippingmagic.com link\" target=\"_blank\">Source: https:\/\/clippingmagic.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure> Often these are hurried photos taken wrenching the smartphone from its case or purse and snapping a shot. It is also the typical case purchased artwork or even free artwork. <\/p>\n<p>You need to bring up that nasty Photoshop or Fireworks, bogging down your computer resources, requiring an original bloated file, dealing with layers, tolerances, masks, fettering, anti-aliasing  and many trial and error steps to just remove artwork backgrounds. In most cases the original is the artwork without the background. And that is what I want to move along to the next task in artwork development.<\/p>\n<p>I crossed a SAS (Software as a Service) website <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/clippingmagic.com\" title=\"www.clippingmagic.com link\" target=\"_blank\">Clipping Magic<\/a><\/strong>. It is free first to note. Second there is no signup needed. It has one targeted goal. That is to  <em>&#8220;Instantly Remove The Background From Your Images&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>[ad name=&#8221;Google Adsense&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Just Three Minus One Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are three steps, well actually two steps.<\/p>\n<p>1. &#8220;Drag your image onto the drop-zone above, or choose a file using the button.&#8221; Yes literally when their website loads you drag your image into the target drop zone. No signup  or hassles.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3583\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/clipping_magic_watering_pot_original-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Example Watering Pot Original.  Source: https:\/\/clippingmagic.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/clipping_magic_watering_pot_original-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/clipping_magic_watering_pot_original.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example Watering Pot Original.  <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/clippingmagic.com\" title=\"www.clippingmagic.com link\" target=\"_blank\">Source: https:\/\/clippingmagic.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>2. &#8220;Mark some foreground green and some background red and the algorithm takes care of the details.&#8221; The spacebar worked in Safari for me to toggle red and green.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3585\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/clipping_magic_watering_pot_selected-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Example Watering Pot Selected. Source: https:\/\/clippingmagic.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/clipping_magic_watering_pot_selected-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/clipping_magic_watering_pot_selected.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example Watering Pot Original.  <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/clippingmagic.com\" title=\"www.clippingmagic.com link\" target=\"_blank\">Source: https:\/\/clippingmagic.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>[ad name=&#8221;Pearson Web Dev Books&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>3. &#8220;The background is removed by adding an alpha channel, with a suitably feathered boundary.&#8221; In addition to the default transparent background you can choose a solid background from a pallet, a color chooser or enter a color hex value. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3588\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/clipping_magic_watering_pot_complete-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Example Watering Pot Complete.  Source: https:\/\/clippingmagic.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/clipping_magic_watering_pot_complete-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/clipping_magic_watering_pot_complete.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example Watering Pot Original.  <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/clippingmagic.com\" title=\"www.clippingmagic.com link\" target=\"_blank\">Source: https:\/\/clippingmagic.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other features in the tool include zooming, adjusting the sensitivity of the tool. You download and it will suffix the file name with <strong>clipped_rev_1.png<\/strong>, upping the digit for each revision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\n<a target='new' href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/link?id=A1q8CHNXgAc&#038;offerid=323057.186466&#038;type=2&#038;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.udemy.com%2Fadobe-photoshop-cc-for-photographers%2F\"><IMG border=0 src=\"https:\/\/udemyimages-a.akamaihd.net\/course\/480x270\/186466_597e_2.jpg\" ><\/a><IMG border=0 width=1 height=1 src=\"https:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=A1q8CHNXgAc&#038;bids=323057.186466&#038;type=2&#038;subid=0\" >\n<\/p>\n<p><g:plusone annotation=\"inline\"><\/g:plusone><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=105467682877384&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/2014\/04\/09\/three-steps-to-instantly-remove-the-background-from-your-images\/\" send=\"true\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"\"><\/fb:like><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/www.lonhosford.com\/lonblog\/2014\/04\/09\/three-steps-to-instantly-remove-the-background-from-your-images\/\" num_posts=\"3\" width=\"500\"><\/fb:comments><\/p>\n<p><!-- Place this render call where appropriate --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n  (function() {\n    var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text\/javascript'; po.async = true;\n    po.src = 'https:\/\/apis.google.com\/js\/plusone.js';\n    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);\n  })();\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lon Hosford I really hate using powerful graphic programs to do simple tasks in artwork workflow. 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