How to remove Complex Background in Photoshop

 How to remove difficult background in Photoshop

Here's a simple method for removing difficult backgrounds in Photoshop. Let's see.

Sometimes, a picture has a busy or messy background, like trees, people, or buildings behind the main person or object. In Photoshop, we can remove that background easily using some special tools. Photoshop has many ways to erase or change the background, but we will learn the easiest one. This tutorial will show you step-by-step how to remove the old background and make your picture look clean and neat.

Method A—Remove the complex with a content-layer mask

1. Open your image in Photoshop (File → Open).

2. Unlock the layer: On the layer, double-click on lock symbol

3. Make a threshold mask: Go to adjustment → choose threshold adjustment layer → make threshold                                                     level 144 

4. Duplicate both layers: Select both layers with the shift press → duplicate both layers → rasterize both duplicate layers.  

5. Make a Selection: Select a rasterized layer → go to select menu → go to colour range → select background color → make fuzziness 200 → then click okay 

6. Then deselect the background you dont want remove by using the polygonal lasso tool 

7. Hide a rasterized layer and mask layer 

8. After selection click on the visible layer → create layer mask → Press Ctrl + I  

Now your complicated background is removed. 

Method B—Remove the tree with Content-Aware Fill (fast for backgrounds)

1. Duplicate the Background layer (Ctrl+J/).

2. Select the tree using Lasso (L) or Quick Selection (W). Make the selection slightly larger than the tree so Photoshop has surrounding pixels to sample.

3. Open Content-Aware Fill: Edit → Content-Aware Fill…

   • Photoshop will open a preview and show the sampling area in green.

   • If the preview looks good, click OK. If not, paint on the sampling area to remove or add source pixels and tweak Sampling Area Options.

4. Inspect the result: if small mistakes remain, use the Spot Healing Brush (J) or Clone Stamp (S) to clean edges and repeated patterns.