How Do I Silhouette an Image in Photoshop?

How Do I Silhouette an Image in Photoshop?

Photoshop is a powerful image editing program that can help you to manipulate images in any way you please. One of the ways you can use Photoshop is to create a Silhouette of an image.

A Silhouette is a representation of a person, animal, or object that appears as the solid shape of its outline with no interior details. Creating a Silhouette in Photoshop is relatively easy and doesn’t require any special knowledge or skill.

The first step to creating a Silhouette with Photoshop is to open up your image in the program. Once the image is open, you can use the Magic Wand tool to select all parts of the image that are not part of the object or person you want to Silhouette.

To do this, simply click on any area outside of your desired object and then hit delete on your keyboard. This will remove all parts of the image that are not part of your desired object.

Once your desired object has been selected, go to Select > Inverse from the top menu bar. This will select all parts of your desired object and de-select everything else in the photo. You should now be left with only your desired object selected.

Next, go to Select > Modify > Contract from the top menu bar and enter in a number for how much you want to contract (or reduce) the selection by. This will create a border around your selection so that it appears more like a Silhouette than just having an outline around it. If you have too much white space around your selection then simply increase the contract size until it looks right for you.

Finally, go back up to Select > Inverse again and hit delete on your keyboard again. This will remove everything outside of your contracted selection so that only your desired Silhouette remains onscreen. You can now save this file as whatever format you like and print it out or share it online with friends and family!

Conclusion:

Creating a Silhouette in Photoshop is easy and requires no special skill or knowledge; all one needs to do is select their desired object using the Magic Wand tool, contract their selection using Select > Modify > Contract from the top menu bar and then hit delete on their keyboard twice—once for selecting everything outside their desired object and once for removing everything outside their contracted selection—so that only their desired Silhouette remains visible onscreen!