

I have an architectural drawing I created that is ultimately going into a novel as an illustration. Having said that, it appears I'm forced to use it. I have yet to figure out how to do ANYTHING with it. Learn more about background removal in our full tutorial Creating Transparent Backgrounds with the Background Eraser.First of all, I DETEST Paint 3D. Once the background is fully erased, you can use the Pick tool to move or resize the person if needed.

This way, if you make a mistake and have to undo, you won’t lose all your erasing work. TIP: it is best to erase in short segments, releasing your mouse in between.


Then decrease the brush size and carefully erase all around the edge of the person. Now with a very large brush, erase most of background except the areas close to the person. On the property bar, set the Sampling to Continuous. You can change the brush size by holding down the Alt key while dragging up and down. Select the Background Eraser tool, which can be found on the left toolbar in the Eraser tool group flyout. Make sure the photo of the person is the top layer in the Layers palette and click on it to make it the active layer you’ll be working on. Use the Pick tool to resize or reposition the photo of the person if necessary. You can do this by using Ctrl + C to copy and Ctrl + V to paste, or you can drag the photo of the person right into the Layers palette above the new background layer. With both photos open in PaintShop Pro, select the photo of the person and copy it onto the new background photo. For example, we’ll place the person in the photo with the mountain lake background onto the Dunes background in the other photo. The simplest way to combine a photo of yourself with a new background photo is to use the Background Eraser tool.
