Thanks for this detailed way to remove the background
You're right, using a background color very different from the color used on the border of the house can help, but if you want to keep the shadow of the house itself, using gray will help to get faster results. You should also take care of the threshold of the Fuzzy selection tool, to ensure you select only the pixels you need to remove.
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator
