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Hi
I’m shooting lots of detailed Jewellery for a catalogue with a digital camera, and am trying to get a consistent colour background for all the shots.
I can’t use too many lights because the items are small.
After much experimenting I’ve come to the conclusion that in order for all the backgrounds to be consistent I have to knockout the backgrounds and insert a standard coloured background using photoshop.
My question is what background will give me the cleanest background to remove in photoshop?
I’ve tried white but I end up with lots of shadows to clean up. I’m frightened of black as it may give me lost on black in the jewellery items that I won’t be able to easily separate out in photoshop.
Perhaps a lightbox is best, but then won’t I get white reflective edges that will merge with the background and not give me a clean knockout?
What do you suggest?
Thanks
J
I’m shooting lots of detailed Jewellery for a catalogue with a digital camera, and am trying to get a consistent colour background for all the shots.
I can’t use too many lights because the items are small.
After much experimenting I’ve come to the conclusion that in order for all the backgrounds to be consistent I have to knockout the backgrounds and insert a standard coloured background using photoshop.
My question is what background will give me the cleanest background to remove in photoshop?
I’ve tried white but I end up with lots of shadows to clean up. I’m frightened of black as it may give me lost on black in the jewellery items that I won’t be able to easily separate out in photoshop.
Perhaps a lightbox is best, but then won’t I get white reflective edges that will merge with the background and not give me a clean knockout?
What do you suggest?
Thanks
J
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