{"id":6560,"date":"2025-02-01T19:15:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T19:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=6560"},"modified":"2025-02-01T19:26:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T19:26:33","slug":"remove-white-background-colorize-art-in-photoshop-elements-easy-guide","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/knowledge-base\/project-guides\/remove-white-background-colorize-art-in-photoshop-elements-easy-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove White Background &#038; Colorize Art in Photoshop Elements \u2013 Easy Guide!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6561 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photoshop-elements-remove-white-background-colorize-drawing.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photoshop-elements-remove-white-background-colorize-drawing.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photoshop-elements-remove-white-background-colorize-drawing.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photoshop-elements-remove-white-background-colorize-drawing.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photoshop-elements-remove-white-background-colorize-drawing.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photoshop-elements-remove-white-background-colorize-drawing.jpg?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photoshop-elements-remove-white-background-colorize-drawing.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remove White Background &amp; Colorize Art in Photoshop Elements \u2013 Easy Guide!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34 Get My New Photoshop Elements 2025 Course <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/howtogurus.com\/pse2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/howtogurus.com\/pse2025<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\ud83d\udd34 Get My Lightroom Course: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/lightroom-online\/\">https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/lightroom-online\/<\/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>Image: <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/remove-white-background-2025-original.zip\">remove-white-background-2025-original.zip<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project File:\u00a0 <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/remove-white-background-2025.zip\">remove white background 2025.zip<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>YouTube Video:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step-by-Step<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open image in Photoshop Elements<\/p>\n<p>Duplicate background layer and hide original background<\/p>\n<p>Use the Magic Wand to select the black areas. Set the Tolerance to 7, Contiguous Unchecked, Anti-Alias Checked.<\/p>\n<p>Click on Layer Mask button to create a layer mask for the image.<\/p>\n<p>Duplicate this layer and hide original (safety)<\/p>\n<p>Right click on layer name and choose Simplify to merge the layer mask and the layer image<\/p>\n<p>Add new layer below merged layer and fill with black, you will see a faint outline of the image<\/p>\n<p>Select the image layer. Go to Enhance\/Adjust Lighting\/Levels. Move the top black slider all the way to the right to remove the outline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hide the black layer.<\/p>\n<p>Add a new layer below the image layer and paint on the new layer to add color. Use different new layers for different colors so that you can modify or change easily if needed.<\/p>\n<p>And Save to PNG if you want to retain the transparent background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Remove White Background &amp; Colorize Art in Photoshop Elements \u2013 Easy Guide! \ud83d\udd34 Get My New Photoshop Elements 2025 Course http:\/\/howtogurus.com\/pse2025 \ud83d\udd34 Get My Lightroom Course: https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/lightroom-online\/ \ud83d\udd34 Get All My Courses Here: https:\/\/howtogurus.com Image: remove-white-background-2025-original.zip Project File:\u00a0 remove <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/knowledge-base\/project-guides\/remove-white-background-colorize-art-in-photoshop-elements-easy-guide\/\"><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-6560","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\/6560","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=6560"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/6560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6567,"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/6560\/revisions\/6567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howtogurus.com\/htgphoto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=6560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}