How to Add a Background on Photoshop CS

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open Adobe Photoshop.

   It's a blue app icon that contains the letters "Ps."
   
   It's on the left side of the menu bar at the top of the screen., It's near the top of the drop-down menu. , Open the image you want to use for a background., It's on the left side of the menu bar at the top of the screen., It's near the top of the drop-down menu. , Open the image you want to use for the foreground., The image will open in Photoshop over your background image., It should be above the background image and highlighted in the "Layers" window on the right side of the screen , It's in the menu bar at the top of the window., It's in the drop-down menu., It's in the upper-left of the Extract window.
   
   Select a brush size big enough to work quickly but small enough to capture details. ,, It's in the upper-left of the Extract window. , The preserved area will turn a translucent blue., It's in the lower-right corner of the window.
   
   The extracted image will appear in the foreground over the background image. , It's at the top of the toolbar.
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   Step 2: Click on File.

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   Step 3: Click on Open….

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   Step 4: Selct an image.

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   Step 5: Click on File.

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   Step 6: Click on Place….

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   Step 7: Selct an image.

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   Step 8: Click on Place.

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   Step 9: Click on the background to place the image.

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    Step 10: Click on Filter.

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    Step 11: Click on Extract.

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    Step 12: Click on the Edge Highlighter Tool.

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    Step 13: Click and hold

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    Step 14: then drag the tool along the edge of the image you want in the foreground.

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    Step 15: Click on the Fill Tool.

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    Step 16: Click and drag the fill tool across the area you want to keep.

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    Step 17: Click on OK.

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    Step 18: Use the Move Tool to position or resize the foreground image.

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