Removing a white background in photoshop? [closed]

I have an image of a doctor wearing a white robe on a white background in photoshop, and i'm wondering if it possible to remove the background?

Solution 1:

If the white background is a part of the image, you'll need to edit out the background.

Take a look at this page, it has tutorials for the different ways of removing a background:

• Background Eraser tool
• Channel Mask
• Magnetic Lasso tool
• Pen tool
• Combination of techniques

The tutorials are for an older version of Photoshop, but the idea is the same.

You can take a look at 5 Great Background Masking Techniques - there are some good tips there too.

Solution 2:

This document was probably created using a non-transparent background. If it was rasterized or locked like this, no you cannot. I would open the document, and slect the doctor. Then create a new document (at this point there should be an option to make the background transparent) and paste the doctor there.