

Either start fresh with a new canvas, or uncheck all your existing layers until your image is the only thing left. The image you want to remove the background from should be the only thing visible on your Procreate canvas. Create a new canvas or hide everything on your existing canvas

Here are the steps you’ll want to take to remove your background with Procreate’s automatic selection tool:ġ. If it doesn’t work, I undo it and move onto another method. Whenever I need to remove a background, I always try this method first, even if I don’t think it will work with the background I have. This method is the quickest method on this list, so you won’t waste a lot of time experimenting with it. If you aren’t sure if the automatic selection method is the right choice for the image or piece of art you’re removing the background of, give it a try and see what happens. If it were me and I wanted to remove everything but the cabin in this image, I would personally choose the erasing method we’ll talk about next. This image could be tricky for the automatic selection tool to make sense of. That makes it a good choice for the automatic selection method. That said, my subject matter stands out really clearly from the paper background and can be easily isolated from it. I need to remove the background because I don’t want the paper outlining my work. Look at the example below of a traditional drawing I did. This is because the backgrounds normally meet all of the criteria above. In general, this method works best for digitizing art.

Your background doesn’t have a lot of detail.This method will work best if your image or artwork has these qualities: If you have a solid background that is in high contrast with the image you’re trying to isolate, using the automatic setting of Procreate’s selection tool will work well for removing the background of your photograph or art. Check out more from Adventures with Art! Use the Automatic Selection Tool to Remove Backgrounds with Procreate
