{"id":6397,"date":"2024-08-06T04:01:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T04:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=6397"},"modified":"2024-08-06T04:08:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T04:08:49","slug":"how-to-use-make-a-new-background-with-photoshop-elements","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/knowledge-base\/project-guides\/how-to-use-make-a-new-background-with-photoshop-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Make a New Background with Photoshop Elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6398\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/How-to-Use-Make-a-New-Background-with-Photoshop-Elements-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/How-to-Use-Make-a-New-Background-with-Photoshop-Elements.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/How-to-Use-Make-a-New-Background-with-Photoshop-Elements.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/How-to-Use-Make-a-New-Background-with-Photoshop-Elements.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/How-to-Use-Make-a-New-Background-with-Photoshop-Elements.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/How-to-Use-Make-a-New-Background-with-Photoshop-Elements.jpg?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/How-to-Use-Make-a-New-Background-with-Photoshop-Elements.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How to Transform Your Photos: Easy Background Changes with Photoshop Elements!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34 Get My New Photoshop Elements 2024 Course <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/howtogurus.com\/pse2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/howtogurus.com\/pse2024<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\ud83d\udd34 Get My Lightroom Course <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/georgepeirson.com\/lightroomcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/georgepeirson.com\/lightroomcc<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\ud83d\udd34 Get All My Courses Here: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/howtogurus.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>City: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/city-road-buildings-roadway-171444\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/city-road-buildings-roadway-171444\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ghost Town: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/ghost-town-goldfield-arizona-usa-142881\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/ghost-town-goldfield-arizona-usa-142881\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Woman with Dog: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/dog-animal-chihuahua-rude-fur-3961092\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/dog-animal-chihuahua-rude-fur-3961092\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project File:\u00a0<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dodge-burn-sponge.zip\">dodge burn sponge.zip<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>YouTube Video:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step-by-Step:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>Old West - New City<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Make a new file at the defaut Photoshop Elements size (600x400 at 300ppi)<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Add 3 photos<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Old west on bottom, city in middle, girl top layer<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Align the city on the old west street<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Use ctrl+t to bring up the control handles to adjust the size, and skew of the photo<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Sepia Tone the old west street<\/div>\n<div>Add Hue\/Saturation Adjustment Layer, colorize and adjust Hue to taste<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Lower contrast<\/div>\n<div>Add Levels Adjustment Layer and bring bottom slider controls slightly in<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Add Dust and scratches<\/div>\n<div>Filter Menu, Noise, Add Noise<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Make a 2\/3 layer mask for city<\/div>\n<div>Use the rectangular marquee tool and drag from top right corner towards lower left to cover about 2\/3 of project. Hit the Add Layer Mask button.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Blur layer mask<\/div>\n<div>Filter Menu, Blur, Guassian Blur<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Remove background from subject<\/div>\n<div>Use Select Subject or your favorite selection method to remove the background from the subject.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Add Levels Adjustment Layer and adjust image<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Transform Your Photos: Easy Background Changes with Photoshop Elements! \ud83d\udd34 Get My New Photoshop Elements 2024 Course http:\/\/howtogurus.com\/pse2024 \ud83d\udd34 Get My Lightroom Course https:\/\/georgepeirson.com\/lightroomcc \ud83d\udd34 Get All My Courses Here: https:\/\/howtogurus.com Photos:\u00a0 City: https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/city-road-buildings-roadway-171444\/ Ghost Town: https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/ghost-town-goldfield-arizona-usa-142881\/ Woman <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/knowledge-base\/project-guides\/how-to-use-make-a-new-background-with-photoshop-elements\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[35],"class_list":["post-6397","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-project-guides"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/6397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/6397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6401,"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/6397\/revisions\/6401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=6397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}