how to make a photo of product with white all around ?!?

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:19:47 +0200, Majki Majk wrote:

I mean…when you picture or photgraph the product, how then to make focus just on the product, i.e. to erase everything around the sole product, so to be white around ?

Looking for that for very long time.

If you don’t mind the work for a photo that’s already taken, use the eraser tool or paint white. Photoshop’s background eraser is one of the tools that can be helpful for this.

Otherwise, unroll some white paper onto a table top and photograph it using even lighting, or in a light tent. If you really want to eliminate shadows, put the object on an elevated sheet of glass.
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Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:50:48 -0700, Mike Russell
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:19:47 +0200, Majki Majk wrote:

I mean…when you picture or photgraph the product, how then to make focus just on the product, i.e. to erase everything around the sole product, so to be white around ?

Looking for that for very long time.

If you don’t mind the work for a photo that’s already taken, use the eraser tool or paint white. Photoshop’s background eraser is one of the tools that can be helpful for this.

Otherwise, unroll some white paper onto a table top and photograph it using even lighting, or in a light tent. If you really want to eliminate shadows, put the object on an elevated sheet of glass.

Putting the object on a sheet of glass is quite a trick. I have yet to find a way to get a decent photograph of an object on (ordinary) glass. There’s always a reflection or glare.

Photographing the object on a white background, and then using the white eyedropper in "Curves" (you have heard of "Curves, haven’t you Mike?") to blow out the white sometimes works.

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Tony Cooper – Orlando, Florida

tony cooper wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:50:48 -0700, Mike Russell
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:19:47 +0200, Majki Majk wrote:

I mean…when you picture or photgraph the product, how then to make focus just on the product, i.e. to erase everything around the sole product, so to be white around ?

Looking for that for very long time.

If you don’t mind the work for a photo that’s already taken, use the eraser tool or paint white. Photoshop’s background eraser is one of the tools that can be helpful for this.

Otherwise, unroll some white paper onto a table top and photograph it using even lighting, or in a light tent. If you really want to eliminate shadows, put the object on an elevated sheet of glass.

Putting the object on a sheet of glass is quite a trick. I have yet to find a way to get a decent photograph of an object on (ordinary) glass. There’s always a reflection or glare.

Photographing the object on a white background, and then using the white eyedropper in "Curves" (you have heard of "Curves, haven’t you Mike?") to blow out the white sometimes works.

Thanks Guys!
I’ll try both solutions, first word for glass …
Until now i did it through windows paint so it looked unprofessional, but the thing is i haven’t made the first step as i should, i.e. to make a base(clean photograph) for further workings.

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Majki Majk found these unused words:

tony cooper wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:50:48 -0700, Mike Russell
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:19:47 +0200, Majki Majk wrote:

I mean…when you picture or photgraph the product, how then to make focus just on the product, i.e. to erase everything around the sole product, so to be white around ?

Looking for that for very long time.

If you don’t mind the work for a photo that’s already taken, use the eraser tool or paint white. Photoshop’s background eraser is one of the tools that can be helpful for this.

Otherwise, unroll some white paper onto a table top and photograph it using even lighting, or in a light tent. If you really want to eliminate shadows, put the object on an elevated sheet of glass.

Putting the object on a sheet of glass is quite a trick. I have yet to find a way to get a decent photograph of an object on (ordinary) glass. There’s always a reflection or glare.

Photographing the object on a white background, and then using the white eyedropper in "Curves" (you have heard of "Curves, haven’t you Mike?") to blow out the white sometimes works.

Thanks Guys!
I’ll try both solutions, first word for glass …
Until now i did it through windows paint so it looked unprofessional, but the thing is i haven’t made the first step as i should, i.e. to make a base(clean photograph) for further workings.

For TV commercials, we used very small plexiglas ‘tables’, just large enough to balance the object, yet not show.

The vertical posts were also as thin as would give support. This raised the object off the photo-table and eliminated shadows.

The ‘photo-table’ was a white linen covered flat and back. Lights from sides and top.