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Leopard Can Change It’s Spots 2 – Part 1

Mar 302012

So in the previous tutorial I showed you how to change the colour of a green screen. Well what about dropping in a new background? Using the rough cutout from a previous tutorial here I will show you how to ‘photoshop in’ a new background and make it look real.

To start I dropped the cutout onto the background and manipulated it into place using Edit -> Free Transform (Or Cmd/Ctrl + T) It is best at this stage to get the proportions right and positions correct as best as possible as this could affect where you place shadows and what other effects you apply later. Read more...

A Leopard Can Change His Spots – Changing Backgrounds

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Mar 292012

In this tutorial I will show you how to use some techniques to change the colour of a green screen to achieve an interesting textured background without having to do a cutout!

To start I added a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer. Then using the colour selector hand in the palette I clicked on the green screen. This automatically selects the greens for me in the palette and will mean only those are changed.

Next I refined the selection by dragging the slider to cover all the greens.

6 ways to Copy objects with InDesign

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Mar 082012

Copying objects is one of those tasks we all do all the time. I regularly come across users who aren’t aware that there are many ways to copy beyond the standard copy and paste commend. Duplicating items in precise ways can be one to the most powerful ways to get a job done quickly and InDesign has numerous ways to do it.

I want to make duplicates of my sample logo. I can do it in the following ways:

1) Select the object then Edit>Copy followed by Edit>Paste

The resulting copy is placed in the middle of the page but the location is not controllable. Read more...