How to combine backgrounds and change image backgrounds with simple Paint

You can combine image backgrounds directly on Paint without the need for paid image editing tools. In this article, let's learn how to change the background of an image on Windows Paint in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

I. Why use Windows Paint to combine the background and change the background?

Previously, when it came to photo collage, background collage, or changing the background of an image, people would think that they had to use professional image editing tools like Photoshop to do it. But now everything is much simpler, the Paint tool available on Windows can now take over this job.

Windows Paint officially has its biggest update in a decade of dormancy on the market. The new version of Paint is improved with many features, enhancing the experience. One of the outstanding features on the new Paint version we must mention is:

1. Separate image background automatically
2. Layer-based image editing mode (layer)

One of the basics for compositing photos is to have layer-by-layer image editing tools and image background removal tools. Both of these tools have now appeared on Paint, so it means that Paint has the ability to remove backgrounds and combine backgrounds for images.

The Paint version that adds the feature to remove image backgrounds is version 11.2306.30.0. You only need to install Paint version 11.2306.30.0 or higher to experience the background separation feature completely free.

II. Update Paint to the latest version

When you want to use the image font removal feature on Paint, you need to update Paint to version 11.2306.30.0 or higher. In this article, TipsMake will guide you to update Paint to Paint version 11.2308.18.0 (current highest version with Remove Font + Layer feature).

You can download Paint 11.2308.18.0 for free here :

microsoft.paint_11.2308.18.0_neutral.rar

Step 1 : Download Paint 11.2308.18.0 to your computer and start the installer. Then, select Update to update Paint to the latest version.

Step 2 : Once Paint has been successfully installed, select Launch to start the professional image editing application.

III. How to combine backgrounds and change image backgrounds with Windows Paint simply

To combine images and photo backgrounds on Paint, we will need to perform 2 stages as follows:

1. Stage 1: Separate the image background
2. Stage 2: Match a new background to the image

1. Separate image background

Step 1 : Choose File => Open (Ctrl + O) and select the image you want to combine with the background.

Step 2 : Then, you select the Remove Background feature to remove the image background.

Step 3 : The automatic image background removal tool on Paint will give us the results below.

Step 4 : Next, select the Layers tool and select Add Layer to add a new Layer.

The new layer will be the background layer, the new background needs to be merged.

Step 5 : By default, when creating a new layer, it will be above. Hold down the mouse on the layer and drag to bring the new layer below the image subject layer.

So you have completed phase 1, now we will move on to phase 2 to complete the new background collage.

2. Match the image background with Paint

When you complete phase 1, leave the background-extracted image there to move on to editing the background and new image background. Because Paint does not support multitasking in image editing, you need to do the following:

Step 1 : Right-click on the Background image to be merged and select Open With => Paint to open the background in the Paint window.

Step 2 : When the image is opened in Paint, right-click and choose Select All (Ctrl + A) and right-click and choose Copy (Ctrl + C) .

You can do this step quickly by: Press Ctrl + A, continue pressing Ctrl + C.

Step 3 : Return to the Paint window that separated the image background in part III. 1. of the article.

First, select Layer (1) under the subject layer that needs to combine the background. Then, right-click and select Paste (Ctrl + V) (2) to paste the new Background onto the subject.

Step 4 : When combining the background successfully, you will often encounter the phenomenon that the background image is larger than the subject. Now, you need to do the following to edit the Background to fit the subject.

Press Ctrl + A and drag the bottom corner of the image so that the Background fits the frame.

Step 5 : After fitting the Background to the subject's frame, select the Crop tool to cut the excess.

Expanded guidance :

In case the Crop tool does not work, do the following again:

1. Select the Selection tool (1) and create a selection around the image frame to be cropped (2) .

1. Right-click and select Crop to delete the excess checkered background.

Step 6 : So you have finished combining the background, replace the image background with the Paint tool available on Windows. Finally, press Ctrl + S to save the image.

With just a few basic steps, you can easily combine the image background and change the image background on the Paint tool.

In this article, TipsMake has shared with you how to combine backgrounds, how to change the background of images using the free Paint tool on Windows. Have a nice day!

Samuel Daniel

Update 09 April 2024