Paint simple background to your image in Photoshop

1. Open the image you want to edit. Go to File>Open>Choose image
2. Select the subject using Selection Tool.

3. Right-click on the selection and choose Refine Edge. Use View mode>On black, Smart Radius>1.2px, Feather>22.0px and Shift edge> +7. Then, choose OK.

4. Right-click again but now choose Select Inverse.

5. Set the foreground colour to black. And use Paint Bucket tool to paint the selection.
Then set the opacity to 70%.

6. There you have it! You can do it in a few minutes using simple steps. These steps are very basic. You can actually use another colour or another background-just simply drag the file you want into the layer.

final result ;)

This tutorial is upon request by Zati Hanani. Any question regarding this tutorial, please don't mind to contact me by email ecah94@yahoo.com.