Magic Eraser : remove the background of any photos quickly and easily!

In this article you will find out how to remove the background from your photos quickly and easily with the Magic Eraser app!

You can use this app to get transparent images to use as logos or stickers, or use them with a different background.

Unfortunately Magic Eraser is only available for free for iOS.
If you know similar apps for Android write them below in the comments!

In this tutorial I will explain step by step how to do it!

1) Import your photo

First, click on Photo and choose the photo you want to edit.
You can also take the photo on the spot by clicking on Camera.
After that you can crop the photo to your liking or start editing it as it is.

2) Use the Magic Wand

Now select the first tool: Magic Wand .
Select with the wand the point where you want to remove the background.
The wand will remove areas with similar colors automatically.

Obviously, the success of the operation will depend on the type of background you want to remove and its color.
A solid background will be easier to remove than one with many different details and colors.
Furthermore, if the subject in the photo has a color similar to the background there is a risk that the wand will also remove the latter. In order to avoid this you can adjust the tolerance to make the instrument more or less sensitive.
Personally I prefer to use this tool first to eliminate most of my background.

I WANT TO REVEAL SOME TRICKS TO GET A BETTER RESULT.

First of all, to better see what you are removing, select the eye icon, in this way the removed areas will be colored in red. Also, if the subject you want to keep in the photo is of a more uniform color than the background, select the one with the wand and then use the fourth tool at the bottom, named as Invert Mask. This way the app will reverse your selection!
It’s a very useful trick in these cases!

3) Use Erase

We have seen that in most cases using only the wand you can not get good results.
For this reason you can use the Erase tool.
It is simply a brush that deletes the areas you select. You can adjust the movement and softness of the brush by clicking on the brush icon at the top.
This tool is very useful for refining your photos and deleting the parts that you couldn’t remove with the wand.
Obviously for best results you can zoom the photo simply by pinching with your fingers!

3) Use Restore

This tool is the opposite of the previous one.
You can use it to restore previously removed items.

4) Save your photo

Once you are satisfied with the result you can save your photo by clicking in the upper right corner.
You will be able to save the photo in JPG and PNG.
Saving it in JPG you will have to select a background that will replace the part you removed.
It can be a solid color background or a wallpaper of your choice.
Otherwise if you want to save the photo as it is and leave the background transparent click on PNG.

PS: If you decide to change the background of the photo, then you should change it in an external app, for example Snapseed which I told you about here, to make everything more credible.

In this video tutorial I will show you an example of a photo edited by me with Magic Eraser!

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3 Risposte a “Magic Eraser : remove the background of any photos quickly and easily!”

  1. I love this app but it has stopped working as of today. Not sure why. I have the free version and have had it for a year or so and it’s worked perfectly -until today. Any help would be appreciated. Using ios15 , on an iPad Pro 12.9.

  2. Thank you for sharing this great information. I’ll try them and see how they go. I also wanted to share an automatic photo background remover and it works great too. It’s “https://removal.ai”. I believe it will help you too.

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