How to Create Super Complex Clipping Path in Photoshop CS6
Background plays a vital role in any kind of photography.
Any photograph can look appealing when you have a great background. If the
background is gaudy and cheap, you may also feel like changing the background.
But removing the background might be tough. Clipping path in Photoshop can give
you a huge advantage in changing or replacing the background. There are many photo editing companies who
provide the different types of clipping path
services that also includes super complex clipping path service. But if you
want to save you money by not outsourcing, you can do it by yourself just using
complex clipping path technique in Photoshop. There are some simple steps that
you have to use. Let’s see what the steps are.
Open the Image
The first thing you need to do is, open your desired image
in Photoshop CS6. Go to File>Open. You will get a windows dialogue box. Go
to the file location, click on the image and press enter on keyboard. Your file
will be opened on Photoshop doing that. You can also just go to the file
location and drag the image to Photoshop to open the image. Here we have
selected a photo of a bicycle which is actually a complex image to remove the
background of.
Select Pen Tool
There are several tools for drawing clipping path over the
object to remove background. But the most effective tool for background removal
is the pen tool. We are going to activate the pen tool. Click on the pen icon
from the tool bar to activate the pen tool. You can also activate the pen tool
by pressing ‘p’ on the keyboard.
Take Path Layer
There are different layers in Photoshop to work on different
things. I have to select path layer to draw clipping path over this object. Go
to the layer panel and click on the path button. Look down and you will see a
square icon. Click on that icon on the panel and a new path layer will be
created.
Draw the Outline
Now it is time for drawing the clipping path outline over
the chair photo we have selected. At first, you need to draw the outline around
the chair. As you can see, there are straight lines and curves as well. Draw
the outline keeping the shape of the object in mind. Close the path of the
outline well and do it precisely so that no background could come. So here, I
have drawn the clipping path over the entire bicycle.
Fill the Loops
There are many loops in the bicycle. Hence it is being
called super complex clipping path. You have to draw clipping path and fill the
loops of each loop. It is the same technique like how we drawn the outline. It
is just you need to draw the clipping path inside. So find out how many holes
or loops the object has. Fill up the loops by drawing clipping path on those
areas. Do not leave a single loop. If you leave a single loop, then the outcome
will come bad and background will come.
Make Selection
After completion of drawing clipping path over the object
and filling the loops, we will make the selection. Select path layer and press
‘ctrl+enter’ on keyboard. Entire path will be selected by doing that.
Remove the Background
Just press ‘q’ to remove the background. You can select any
color from the color pallet from the tool bar and can also replace the
background keeping the main object intact.
Conclusion
So these were some easy steps for making complex clipping
path. You can see that using this technique, how easily the background got
removed of the bicycle which is a complex image. So try this by yourself and
avoid extra expense.
