Step By Step Guide To Learn How To Remove Background In Procreate

Part 1. How to Remove Image Background in Procreate

For the purpose of exporting your final Procreate image, you should understand how to remove object from photo in Procreate and make the canvas background translucent. Below is the step-by-step guide to removing your background with Procreate’s eraser tool:

Step 1. Create a new canvas

As a first step, you are required to select the 'New Canvas' option from the right-top corner of the application, followed by selecting your preferred resolution for your final image. Also; if you are working on any previous canvas, you can simply hide everything to make a new project.

Step 2. Import the image

In addition to the last step, you have to click the "Add" button and then click on the "Insert a photo" tab. After selecting the tab, you are required to pick a photo and then you can simply import it into the new Procreate canvas.

Step 3. Stretch the image

Click on the arrow icon (Transform tool) situated in the top toolbar, and start stretching the image across the canvas. And then, click on the "Uniform setting" so that the image doesn't deform. Just try to make it as stretchy as possible.

Don't worry if the background is falling off the canvas as it will be more convenient to erase the background. You just need to keep in mind that the main objective doesn't get cut off while stretching the background.

Step 4. Click on the selection tool

Furthermore, by clicking on the S-icon (Selection tool) on the top toolbar, you will get all the options concerned with the Selection tool. Here, you need to click on 'Automatic".

Step 5. Click on the background

After selecting the image with the Automatic selection tool, you just need to click on the background of the image that shows a change in colors of your picked image.

Step 6. Click on Invert

In this step, you are required to click on the “Invert” button. You will find this button in the Selection setting at the bottom bar of the options. By selecting this button, you will eventually be selecting the primary image and this is what we actually want.

Step 7. Click on Copy & Paste

Furthermore, you need to select the "Copy & Paste" button in the Selection setting at the bottom bar of the options. As we have already selected the primary picture in the previous step, you just need to copy the selected image and paste it into a new layer.

Step 8. Clean & Export

Clean the background, if anything is left behind in the backdrop; by clicking on the eraser tool (if needed).

In the final step, if you are completely satisfied with the outcome, then you can proceed with exporting your image. For that, click on the "Share" button to save the image. Here you can select your preferred format, such as PNG, JPEG, PDF, or TIFF.