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How To Cut Anything Out in Photoshop

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Clipping a subject from its background in Photoshop has to be the most common task a designer will encounter in their every day working life. The pen tool is the go-to tool for cutting most things out, but there’s some cool techniques you can use for hair, fur and other specialty subjects. So let’s crack on and look at the tools we have available to us in Photoshop.

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47 responses to “How To Cut Anything Out in Photoshop”

  1. RobX Avatar
    RobX

    Ive copy and pasted my image but it wont let me make it bigger or smaller

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  2. Nuzulul リズーキ Avatar
    Nuzulul リズーキ

    Jeez this is the ULTIMATE PHOTOSHOP TIPS !!! , subbed , thanks bruh

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  3. Richie See Avatar
    Richie See

    Very good general guide for selection and cut-out options 😀 Thank you very much.

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  4. Ricky Hurtado Avatar
    Ricky Hurtado

    This was fantastic!

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  5. Jorge Leonardo Sevillano Avatar
    Jorge Leonardo Sevillano

    Your video is great, but… You go stremely fast, so i could almost never see which tool you were using or catch your accent. 🙁

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  6. FreedomRevolution16 Avatar
    FreedomRevolution16

    Why would anyone thumbs down? The video was a great opened door to success.

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  7. Adnan Ahmad Ali Avatar
    Adnan Ahmad Ali

    Well covered in 10 mins.

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  8. Mitsubishi Starion Avatar
    Mitsubishi Starion

    For all you people complaining that he is going too fast…..Click on settings, speed, and adjust the speed to .50, or .75. You are welcome.

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  9. NineTail Fennec Photography Avatar
    NineTail Fennec Photography

    … I don't have a "refine edge" tool in my photoshop…

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  10. mesillahills Avatar
    mesillahills

    You guy ALL do the same damned thing. Pick a picture with a clear plain background for the more complex stuff. Everybody can already do that. None of you including Photoshop picks a complex background to extract from. Even PS is kidding themselves. Back to the good ol' pen tool. Even the NFL "defines colors" before the game in order to put in the 10 yard gain line in. Great bunch of Jr. software people they hire at Adobe.

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  11. SuperMarioZack - SMZ Avatar
    SuperMarioZack – SMZ

    And how do we put it onto another photoshop tab ?

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  12. abdullah al mamun Avatar
    abdullah al mamun

    This is fucking ass hole, you do not complete any tool use,
    This is totaly waste of time, there is no benefit of beginner ,,,,,

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  13. YESHUA'S CHOSEN EndTimesMinistry Avatar
    YESHUA’S CHOSEN EndTimesMinistry

    you move around way, way way way too fast. omg!!!!

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  14. Adobe Pro Avatar
    Adobe Pro

    awesome cutting

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  15. Abir Avatar
    Abir

    nice tutorials.
    i like it.
    oh! i will provide any background remove professionally.please see.

    https://www.fiverr.com/s2/bb4fda78e7

    Reply
  16. christopher barrow Avatar
    christopher barrow

    quality help thanx fella
    people who cant follow …. stop video after each instruction , if you still dont get it watch again . . . just a suggestion

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  17. Rza Rectum Avatar
    Rza Rectum

    Great video! You did a fine job sharing quickly what tool options are available to do ONE specific thing (cutting things out). Even after years of self teaching and countless hours of practice, I still learned a lot here. It's very easy to spend 90 minutes on videos on how to use one tool which is why I like this video as it brings awareness to other possible methods. I also like how you progressively moved up the sliding scale of tools in the order of which is probably most natural to learn them. Good job on this video!

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  18. Jumbo Bo Avatar
    Jumbo Bo

    Waaayy to fast

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  19. Ze S Avatar
    Ze S

    those of you complaining about the speed of this video should find something else to learn, maybe supermarket check-out is more your speed. I wish more tutorials where like this, I wouldnt spend countless hours watching videos which, in the end, don't even cover the things it claims in the title. I started learning photoshop 3 weeks ago and managed to follow just fine. Even laughed at the jokes related to eraser/magic wand tools. I can't image there being any more ways to crop things off backgrounds then whats mentioned in this clip. Thanks for the info @Spoon Graphics

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  20. Murad Tube FacTorY Avatar
    Murad Tube FacTorY

    oh, it was a very nicE cut and background change tutorial.. thank u.
    here is my photoshop gig if u like pls visit this https://www.fiverr.com/s2/f626df76e5

    Reply
  21. Jessica Jirah Avatar
    Jessica Jirah

    Can someone pls send me a link where i can download adobe illustrator? 🙂 thanks

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  22. Mackenzie M Avatar
    Mackenzie M

    This video is a fine starting point for selecting the proper technique and can be a time saver. Thank you.

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  23. Aditi's World Avatar
    Aditi’s World

    remove a white background , it is amazing.
    I am a graphics designer.Background related gig is…. https://www.fiverr.com/aditi_mallick/do-any-photoshop-work-in-8hr-retouch-photo-edit-image

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  24. MrTerenceskill Avatar
    MrTerenceskill

    Good Job!

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  25. R Smith Avatar
    R Smith

    Could you add a step by step written scenario for this? I know it's a pain but it would be so helpful. You're very good at what you do but you're fast!

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  26. KhOrganization Avatar
    KhOrganization

    It seems like you're using the pen tool differently than I do. You do point and click style like the lasso tool but adjust the curves later. Everyone I know (including me) does click and drag, you can adjust the curve before letting go and it's easier to understand how the curves work.

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  27. VisuaLust Avatar
    VisuaLust

    Moving so fast that I can't see what camands you're using

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  28. Matrick Galius Avatar
    Matrick Galius

    Too fast

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  29. Ika Broukman Avatar
    Ika Broukman

    Way too fast… don't understand anything.

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  30. vidit singh chhikara Avatar
    vidit singh chhikara

    0 to a 100 real quick

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  31. S. L. BERRY, C.E.O Avatar
    S. L. BERRY, C.E.O

    i hate the eraser tool because my hands are shaky

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  32. Skase Avatar
    Skase

    intro song?

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  33. TechGoggles Avatar
    TechGoggles

    Wish there was something like this for video in AE

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  34. Anshu Verma Avatar
    Anshu Verma

    toooo fast…..

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  35. Far Rookie Avatar
    Far Rookie

    Wow. Instead of just one, you just summarized possibly all methods we can use to do it. Thank you. You even mentioned like the "hair tool" and others, so I know what people usually using certain tool for only specific task. Thank you again..

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  36. Amin NeyJ Avatar
    Amin NeyJ

    6:52 what font was he using???

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  37. Kevin Kelly Avatar
    Kevin Kelly

    i like your video bro. no BUTS…

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  38. Luffy D Avatar
    Luffy D

    do it slow then i will subscribe fastass

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  39. Arsène Lupin Avatar
    Arsène Lupin

    Came for the tips, stayed cause of the accent. ( cool tips tho! )

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  40. Nick Culp Avatar
    Nick Culp

    this is not a tutorial, you are only showing us the options

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  41. Peanutbutter Avatar
    Peanutbutter

    So for the magic wand how did you delete the background?

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  42. Freddie'sMyMoto Avatar
    Freddie’sMyMoto

    I do this for detailed cleaning:
    1- Erase tool
    2- Background removal
    3- Right click to select brush size
    4- On top of window, beside the brushes menu, pick "Sampling Once", then Contiguous
    5- Define tolerance (let's say 20)
    6- Click and hold on the color you want to remove and drag it around

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  43. iiUnique Avatar
    iiUnique

    Faster than the speed of light

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  44. MatchstalkMan Avatar
    MatchstalkMan

    This is great but we're stuck with CS, not CS2 and above, CS.

    The channel method sounds best for what we need.

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  45. Adam Bshara Avatar
    Adam Bshara

    we dont even know what ur doing

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  46. quadrimaculata 1 Avatar
    quadrimaculata 1

    haha, great, but too fast

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  47. Haris Jones Avatar
    Haris Jones

    idiot fucking go slower

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