Paint background black

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Hi 

probably pretty basic thing to do but  I am a newbie ...

I have a photo of a flower and would like to change the background to completely black

could someone please tell me how to do this or is there a video out there I have not found yet??

cheers

[A_B_C]

Hi photofriend,

 

here’s a quick way to do it:

• Use the selection brush to select the flower (A.)
• Hit refine from the context toolbar and trace the edges, either all of them or just where it is required, with the refine selection brush (B.)
• Choose “New layer with mask” and hit apply (C.)
• Create a new pixel layer in the layers panel and place it underneath the masked layer that contains the flower (D.)
• Select the pixel layer and choose Edit > Fill …

Hope that helps … Alex  :)