Taking away the background out of a photo could be a very tricky endeavor, especially if the topic you need to cut has plenty of horror when the background is extremely intricate. We take you through the procedure of eliminating a background from a picture with Photoshop to help you conquer that challenge. First, you will have to start the picture you would like to eliminate the desktop from in Adobe Photoshop (you may get Photoshop here). Here, I am using a photo I took of a giraffe in Colchester Zoo to show this technique, which includes a extremely defined border between the piece we wish to maintain (the giraffe) and the backdrop. For pictures with fine detail about what you would like to cut -- for example hair -- see our tutorial about the best way to cut hair from Photoshop. You may toggle between both by moussing above a node and pressing Control/ CTRL-key. The application works best when there's a very clear difference between your foreground choice and your own backgrou