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I was wondering if anyone had experience with manipulating the background of a photo… particularly portraits.
What I would like to do is take a portrait photo and make everything but the person black (or perhaps a textured black… maybe some swirls in it or something.) I just want it to focus on the person and nothing else essentially… almost as if they are in a big abyss with no light but what is illuminating them.
I have used the color wand and selection brushes (very zoomed in) to do manipulations like this… but it is very hard to do on some features like hair… it is very tough to change the background in little spaces between hair.
To give you an idea of manipulations I have done with the selection brush by hand, you can check out the following photo of my girlfriend.
< http://community.webshots.com/photo/331615766/331626186DKBlQ G>
I would like to take a portrait of her I have done like this and make it all black behind her. Does anyone have any ideas? Let me know.
Jon
P.S. Feel free to check out some of my other photos on that site as well and see if you have any suggestions on techniques that could help me.
What I would like to do is take a portrait photo and make everything but the person black (or perhaps a textured black… maybe some swirls in it or something.) I just want it to focus on the person and nothing else essentially… almost as if they are in a big abyss with no light but what is illuminating them.
I have used the color wand and selection brushes (very zoomed in) to do manipulations like this… but it is very hard to do on some features like hair… it is very tough to change the background in little spaces between hair.
To give you an idea of manipulations I have done with the selection brush by hand, you can check out the following photo of my girlfriend.
< http://community.webshots.com/photo/331615766/331626186DKBlQ G>
I would like to take a portrait of her I have done like this and make it all black behind her. Does anyone have any ideas? Let me know.
Jon
P.S. Feel free to check out some of my other photos on that site as well and see if you have any suggestions on techniques that could help me.
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