Replace Background Guided Edit Step-by-Step

Replace Background Guided Edit Step-by-Step
 
 
PSD Working File: change background 2024.zip
 
 
Open your image in Photoshop Elements
 
Click on the Guided Tab
 
Select Special Edits, then Replace Background
 
Make a Selection by either using the Select Subject button or one of the selection tools
 
Choose a background option:
Import a Photo from your computer
None for a transparent background
Color to choose a color from the Color Picker
Adobe Stock to download a photo from Adobe Stock
or from Choose Presets to use one of the included background images
 
Optional: Use the Move Tool to move either the subject or the background
 
Optional: Use Refine Edge Brush to soften the selection edges
 
Optional: Use Auto Match Color Tone to match the subject tone to the background tone, I have not had very good success with this option.
 
Click Next
 
Save the file if you are finished
 
or Continue Editing in either Quick or Advanced/Expert mode
 
Or take it out to print at Fujifilm or Share on Flickr
 
In Advanced/Expert mode you now have three layers
The foreground subject layer with the background removed by a layer mask
The new background 
The original image as the original background.
 
If you want to use one of the PSE included Backgrounds then first make a duplicate of the background layer as a safety.
 
Then click on the Graphics button bottom right, and choose your new background
 
If you want another background choice first make a duplicate of the new background, then replace the background again.
 
You can now do any other adjustments that you want in Advanced/Expert mode
 
Save the file to save as a PSD file, and use Save As to save out to a different format like jpg or png. 
 
Use Print to print the photo.