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Need advice for Free background removal photo editing software
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I'm trying to crop photo's of some irregularly shaped coins.
Square and Circular crops are the norm, but I'm having trouble locating a crop feature which will very accurately remove backgrounds from images.
Now, I've tried using Microsoft Word's Background Removal editing feature, but my results are rather poor overall (see below).
I've tried looking for a free software which expertly removes object backgrounds but I've come up dry (and I don't just want to download random software from unknown sources).
If you have any advice for which free software programs to use for this feature that would be great. Thanks in advance
As you can see, there is still some scattered background which I am unable to remove using Microsoft Word's Background Removal editing feature
Square and Circular crops are the norm, but I'm having trouble locating a crop feature which will very accurately remove backgrounds from images.
Now, I've tried using Microsoft Word's Background Removal editing feature, but my results are rather poor overall (see below).
I've tried looking for a free software which expertly removes object backgrounds but I've come up dry (and I don't just want to download random software from unknown sources).
If you have any advice for which free software programs to use for this feature that would be great. Thanks in advance
As you can see, there is still some scattered background which I am unable to remove using Microsoft Word's Background Removal editing feature
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Edited to add. Just looked and could not find any background removal filters.
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but can take photos on black paper and crop
The user interface is pretty kludgy but it has functionality close to Photoshop and it is free.
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paint that comes with windows. easy peasy.
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paint that comes with windows. easy peasy.
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Honestly, I've tried this and have not found it to be all that easy
I used: Adobe photoshop elements 9
In your thread title, you said (non-photoshop).
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<< <i>It may not be perfect but perfect isn't very far away. Looks good.
In your thread title, you said (non-photoshop). >>
Yeh, whoops
It might be easier to go back in time and talk them into making them more round! Using that manual drawing tool to trace the edges is not fun!
<< <i>Do the "pay for" tools have them? Maybe it is not free because it takes a lot of work to develop that type of feature? >>
Quite understandable. And I will definitely move to buying the software, I was just looking for a quick fix for the time being
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<< <i>Do the "pay for" tools have them? Maybe it is not free because it takes a lot of work to develop that type of feature? >>
Quite understandable. And I will definitely move to buying the software, I was just looking for a quick fix for the time being
looks like it worked quite well and probably quickly i bet. i tinkered with photoshop a while back and the edge detection from what i recall was quite nice, i bet elements is about the same.
that type of cropping is certainly a weak area of mine. oblique?
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<< <i>Do the "pay for" tools have them? Maybe it is not free because it takes a lot of work to develop that type of feature? >>
Quite understandable. And I will definitely move to buying the software, I was just looking for a quick fix for the time being
looks like it worked quite well and probably quickly i bet. i tinkered with photoshop a while back and the edge detection from what i recall was quite nice, i bet elements is about the same.
that type of cropping is certainly a weak area of mine. oblique?
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A problem I ran into was edge shadows and not being able to crop around objects accurately.
I compensated by using the eraser tool and just erased as much background as possible - not great, but ok.
Here's my Gimp image - again not great, but something! Also, the file size is REALLY big - it more than doubled the image file size from 3.3 MB to >7 MB
the image size doesn't seem to be a problem as it looks like you "cropped" the final image which reduces the size usually several times over.
there is a smart area detection tool in photoshop. it is very useful for all kinds of purposes. it should be a very quick and easy edge fix for when the edge detects does a poor job, which seems to be often, depending on the image. sometimes great, sometimes not so much.
the comparison in paint is called "free-form selection" and can be done in sections.
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