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Don’t be fooled. Yes, white backgrounds are possible with just good lighting. And many AI tools (apps and web services) promise “easy background removal” - but they will quickly disappoint you. But pros use path editing tools to produce perfect antialiased edges. Nothing else comes close. Traditionally done in Photoshop this is now possible on a smartphone. On the lower left is the original image (already cropped). On the lower right, it is open in Exacto, one of many iOS/Android apps that do this. The blue dots are anchors, and the black ones can pull curves between them. Easy zooming on a smartphone makes the process practical. Exacto exports to Photos with a transparent background. This method makes busy backgrounds a non-issue; lighting can be focused on how the object looks rather than the delicate balance of a white background and a washed-out object. The ringed profile of the piece on the right would likely be compromised by automated tools.
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This is the same reduction fired tenmoku piece in sunlight and a fluorescent flood lamp. The picture was taken by an iPhone and then cropped to a white background using the path tool in Photoshop. The whole mug is glazed with GA10-B. The inside and upper outside of the leather hard piece was engobed using L3954N.
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