So, if you save your work in once of those formats then a white background will be added to your image by default. Other formats - such as JPEG - do not support transparency. We’ll be exporting this image as a PNG file in order to retain its transparent background. Once you are finished deleting the background from your image it is time to export your work into a usable file format. Step 4: Export your work as a PNG file to preserve transparency

Repeat the process from step 2 on those areas until they’re removed.Īdditionally, you may have to grab the Eraser and manually erase out some stray pixels if you have any.įinally, don’t forget to repeat the process from step 2 on any negative space areas your image may contain, as is the case for my example image between the stem, leaf, and mango. Whenever you delete a white background with Procreate there is always a chance that there are some stray pixels leftover, as is the case with the shadow at the bottom of the mango in my example image: Step 3: Repeat the process for negative space areas and clean up stray pixels with the Eraser Now you can release the selection by tapping on the Selection menu icon again. This will effectively delete the background from your image, as indicated by the dark gray grid pattern showing through: With your selection still active, tap the wrench icon in the top-left corner of the screen, navigate to the Add menu, and tap on Cut. The shadow consists of grayscale pixels, and we’ll be addressing that in the next step. This is to be expected if the subject of your image is casting a shadow, as it is in my example image. It’s okay if there are minor areas of the white background that still show through. If too high, portions of the subject will also be deleted in addition to the background.Īdjust the threshold until the selection area on the screen lines up accurately with the edges of your subject: The selection threshold will be different for every image, so be sure to adjust it until it fits accurately. If the threshold is too low then much of the white background around the subject will remain. It’s important to ensure that your selection fits accurately around your subject. Moving it to the left will decrease the threshold: Moving your finger/stylus to the right will increase the threshold of the selection. Then, hold a tap over any portion of the white background in your image to create your selection.

In the Selection menu, choose Automatic and Add. The Selection menu will open at the bottom of the screen: Click to enlarge. Open the Selection menu by tapping the round icon with an “S” in it towards the top-left corner of your screen. In order to delete a white background with Procreate we need to create a selection around the white area, which we’ll be doing in this step. Step 2: Create a selection around the white area of the image and delete the background If your image doesn’t have a background layer then you can ignore this step. It’s especially important that you turn off the visibility of the background layer when deleting a white background from an image because if left visible then the background will be deleted to transparency, but the white background of the document will be showing through, which would create no visible change on your document. Uncheck the background layer’s box to turn off its visibility: Now let’s turn off the visibility of the background layer by tapping the Layers icon in the top-right corner of the screen.Īt the bottom of the Layers menu you will see a layer labeled as Background. For this demonstration I will be using the following example image: This photo of a mango is a good example for this demonstration, because of the negative space between the stem, leaf, and mango, as well as the gray discoloration from the shadow it’s casting. To get us started we’ll first need to open our image with Procreate.

Step 4: Export your work as a PNG file to preserve transparency Step 1: Open your image and turn off the visibility of the background layer.

Step 3: Repeat the process for negative space areas and clean up stray pixels with the Eraser.

Step 2: Create a selection around the white area of the image and delete the background.

Step 1: Open your image and turn off the visibility of the background layer.

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