Canva Quick Tips - How to remove a photo background with Canva
For this week’s quick tip, I want to show you how easy it is to remove the background of a photo with Canva. This is a Canva Pro feature and if you’d like to try Canva Pro for free for 30 days then click this link.
Update May 2024
Canva photo editing has become turbocharged!
- Try uploading a photograph of yourself to Canva and use it in a design.
- When you click on the design, a menu will appear above your design.
- Click on BG remover (only available in pro) and your image will appear with a transparent background, ready for you to use in another design.
- If this process has left something you would like to remove from the photo, click on ‘Edit’ to bring up the menu on the right hand side, then click on ‘Magic Eraser’.
- Within Magic Eraser, you now have a click option as well as a brush option.
- Use the brush option to manually remove an item. Use the click option to remove an object with one click.
- Note: As of May 2024, this is a new feature so currently does not work on everything you try.
That’s all there is to it!
A word of warning!
Photographers own the copyright on the photos they take. If a professional photographer took the photo you’re using then you should ask their permission before changing it in any way.
I hope you find this useful and that it helps you create your content with the great one-stop design app that Canva has become.
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Happy designing!
