Different background. Photoshop.

"Merv" wrote in message

I understand that it’s possible to place the picture of a person onto a different background, say a famous landmark, so that it looks like the person is there.

The way it’s done was featured on a Tech TV segment under "Call for Help" and
the web information showing how it’s done was provided.
Unfortunately "Call for Help" has ceased to operate.
I have an idea that the way to do this may be reasonably complicated. Even so, I’d be grateful if anyone could explain the steps to take – or point me to a tutorial.

There are about a zillion ways to do that, so that’s to much to explain here. Try a search on Google, because there are also about a zillion tutorials.
Googling on "removing background photoshop tutorial" gives 34.200 hits. And that’s only step one :o)

Merv wrote:

I understand that it’s possible to place the picture of a person onto a different background, say a famous landmark, so that it looks like the person is there.

The way it’s done was featured on a Tech TV segment under "Call for Help" and
the web information showing how it’s done was provided.
Unfortunately "Call for Help" has ceased to operate.
I have an idea that the way to do this may be reasonably complicated. Even so, I’d be grateful if anyone could explain the steps to take – or point me to a tutorial.

Merv

Also Google "How do I make photo composites in Photoshop?". Once you understand basic masking and lighting it is pretty straight forward from there.

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Leo McKenzie
www.solocomputerservices.com/scsgrafx.php

I was doing some promo work for a club…had lots of models to put a new background to…here is a quick and dirty way to do it.

quickmask and paint a line around the inside of everything you want to keep….and toss a bucket of paint inside that. Take off quickmask and you have everything selected….COPY, not cut, to a new layer. Make a layer between the two and put your background between them. Where you copied too much erase from the top layer…where you didn’t copy enough…erase from the middle layer.

"Merv" wrote in message

I understand that it’s possible to place the picture of a person onto a different background, say a famous landmark, so that it looks like the person is there.

The way it’s done was featured on a Tech TV segment under "Call for Help" and
the web information showing how it’s done was provided.
Unfortunately "Call for Help" has ceased to operate.
I have an idea that the way to do this may be reasonably complicated. Even so, I’d be grateful if anyone could explain the steps to take – or point me to a tutorial.

Merv

I understand that it’s possible to place the picture of a person onto a different background, say a famous landmark, so that it looks like the person is there.

The way it’s done was featured on a Tech TV segment under "Call for Help" and
the web information showing how it’s done was provided.
Unfortunately "Call for Help" has ceased to operate.
I have an idea that the way to do this may be reasonably complicated. Even so, I’d be grateful if anyone could explain the steps to take – or point me to a tutorial.

Try this:

"Remove the background behind objects in photos." http://www.designsbymark.com/pstips/pdf/extract.pdf

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&g.com says…

I understand that it’s possible to place the picture of a person onto a different background, say a famous landmark, so that it looks like the person is there.

The way it’s done was featured on a Tech TV segment under "Call for Help" and
the web information showing how it’s done was provided.
Unfortunately "Call for Help" has ceased to operate.
I have an idea that the way to do this may be reasonably complicated. Even so, I’d be grateful if anyone could explain the steps to take – or point me to a tutorial.

Try this:

"Remove the background behind objects in photos." http://www.designsbymark.com/pstips/pdf/extract.pdf

Or even this:

"Have something or someone in a photo and you want to remove them? Awesome!"
http://www.designsbymark.com/pstips/movies/movfiles/removepe ople.mov

Just invert the selection…

"Gene Palmiter" wrote in message

I was doing some promo work for a club…had lots of models to put a new background to…here is a quick and dirty way to do it.

quickmask and paint a line around the inside of everything you want to keep….and toss a bucket of paint inside that. Take off quickmask and you have everything selected….COPY, not cut, to a new layer. Make a layer between the two and put your background between them. Where you copied too much erase from the top layer…where you didn’t copy enough…erase from the middle layer.

Learn how to use Layer Masks, so you can erase without losing any information. You’ll never touch the eraser again. :o)

Mr.Clean wrote:

In article ,
&g.com says…

I understand that it’s possible to place the picture of a person onto a different background, say a famous landmark, so that it looks like the person is there.

The way it’s done was featured on a Tech TV segment under "Call for Help" and
the web information showing how it’s done was provided.
Unfortunately "Call for Help" has ceased to operate.
I have an idea that the way to do this may be reasonably complicated. Even so, I’d be grateful if anyone could explain the steps to take – or point me to a tutorial.

Try this:

"Remove the background behind objects in photos." http://www.designsbymark.com/pstips/pdf/extract.pdf

Or even this:

"Have something or someone in a photo and you want to remove them? Awesome!"
http://www.designsbymark.com/pstips/movies/movfiles/removepe ople.mov
Just invert the selection…

You can also use the calculations tool in PS if you want to remove object from flattened background if you have copy of just the stock background element.

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Leo McKenzie
www.solocomputerservices.com/scsgrafx.php

Very nice tip. Thanks. Is the server always that slow?

Try this:

"Remove the background behind objects in photos." http://www.designsbymark.com/pstips/pdf/extract.pdf

You are correct sir! I don’t have much understanding of layer masks.

"V1nc3nt" wrote in message

"Gene Palmiter" wrote in message

I was doing some promo work for a club…had lots of models to put a new background to…here is a quick and dirty way to do it.

quickmask and paint a line around the inside of everything you want to keep….and toss a bucket of paint inside that. Take off quickmask and

you

have everything selected….COPY, not cut, to a new layer. Make a layer between the two and put your background between them. Where you copied

too

much erase from the top layer…where you didn’t copy enough…erase

from

the middle layer.

Learn how to use Layer Masks, so you can erase without losing any information. You’ll never touch the eraser again. :o)