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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.

Cutting Out: Background Eraser Part 2 (Cleaning Up)

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Feb 292012

Welcome to Part 2 of Cut Outs: Background Eraser Tool. In this tutorial we will be cleaning up the rough cutout we made with the background eraser tool. Missed it? Don’t worry, the post is right here.

If you remember, the cutout we made was decent enough; especially for the time we put into it. But for a professional, this is just not up to scratch yet. Now I will take you through some advanced techniques to cleanup the image before we drop it into a background. The image below shows you where we got to – some rough/furry edges, green lines remaining and green hints in the legs and arms. Read more...

Masking; it’s all about showing not hiding.

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Oct 312011

Using the masking tools in Photoshop is more about showing things off than hiding them. They can be a tricky thing to master, but I will use this tutorial to show you how to use effective masking techniques in your work.

To demonstrate the tools, let’s create a space themed application icon. These complex pieces of artwork often incorporate many existing images or textures to represent the software in one single and complete icon. Read more...

Non-destructive Photo Editing with Camera Raw

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Jul 152011

Camera Raw is an incredibly useful tool that many professional photographers use to make adjustments to photos. The great thing is with these changes, they are non-destructive – meaning, everything is always undoable! For example, if you make a crop that you then later decide is too tight, you can open the image and change the crop or remove it completely.

Camera Raw is not just for photographers, anyone who needs to make adjustments to their images, small or large, should take advantage of the powerful tools. Read more...