Removing the Background from a Picture in Photoshop Elements 3
By Sue Chastain, About.com Guide
Now make the black filled layer visible again. If you're still zoomed in you may notice that the edges of our mask are a little jagged. You can smooth it out by going to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set the radius to about 0.4 pixels and click OK.
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- Save the Photo and Open Elements
- Duplicate the Background and Start Erasing
- Erasing the Background
- Adding a Filled Backdrop
- Erasing More Stray Bits
- Creating a Clipping Mask
- Refining the Selection mask
- Smoothing out the Jaggies
- Eliminating Fringe Pixels
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