hey guys, i am new to photoshop, and this morning i was working on a sniper with a ghille suit.
this is the original photo:

i then opened it in photoshop, and started to carefully erase the background
after about 20 minutes, this is what i got:

I wanted to take the sniper and then move it into a different picture, but I didnt want the background to go with it. so i figured if i erased all the background i would be able just to move the sniper picture into the new picture. but i guess i forgot to select in the layer properties to select Color: None. so now there is a white background instead of having no background. I just want to know if there was a faster way to erase the background so i can move the sniper into the new picture without the white background. thanks
this is the original photo:

i then opened it in photoshop, and started to carefully erase the background
after about 20 minutes, this is what i got:

I wanted to take the sniper and then move it into a different picture, but I didnt want the background to go with it. so i figured if i erased all the background i would be able just to move the sniper picture into the new picture. but i guess i forgot to select in the layer properties to select Color: None. so now there is a white background instead of having no background. I just want to know if there was a faster way to erase the background so i can move the sniper into the new picture without the white background. thanks