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Can you change backround and maintain quality ?
for any picture , not blue or green screen. Aug 11 09 10:41 pm Link um..yes...if I have to. Aug 11 09 10:42 pm Link Fluid Mask is excellent for this Aug 11 09 10:44 pm Link Question is... why would you want to? Aug 11 09 10:47 pm Link This is all cut out: http://modelmayhm-8.vo.llnwd.net/d1/pho … 3d2bb9.jpg You can still keep the quality, you just have to be very tedious and take your time cutting the image out. The plugins that cut out the backgrounds for you don't always do a very good job, the best way (but also the one that requires the most work) is to create a clipping path around the subject. Aug 11 09 10:52 pm Link William Kious wrote: Sometimes you have a shot that you think will look better in a different enviroment. Aug 11 09 10:56 pm Link aso studio wrote: in my case its almost always Aug 11 09 10:57 pm Link Koray wrote: lol... true... Aug 11 09 10:58 pm Link You can in just about anything but it becomes harder when the shot was planned out to be knocked. - Stephen Aug 11 09 11:01 pm Link Brian Stewart Photo wrote: You are a master ! Aug 11 09 11:02 pm Link Yes it can be done, it just takes patience and a good eye to ensure the clipping path is accurate. Just be sure to take lots of breaks from starring at the computer screen or else your eyes are going to screw up very quickly! My port on MM has a few examples of it  (including this one - a black on black extraction...I was going cross eyed by the end of it!! http://modelmayhm-1.vo.llnwd.net/d1/pho … 744a6c.jpg ) Aug 11 09 11:03 pm Link I usually do bluescreen work. Heres one I did for a challenge here on MM I image from https://www.modelmayhem.com/348756 ).I used the Extract Tool.  Aug 12 09 01:16 am Link aso studio wrote: In reference to the image you posted... Aug 12 09 01:21 am Link Brian Stewart Photo wrote: uh huh! Cross eyed syndrome is a side effect of Photoshop cutting out. Unless your crosseyed your not doing it right (Relax!! I'm joking!) Aug 12 09 04:34 am Link aso studio wrote: Please link this image instead of displaying it in the forum as it's a violation of MM rules and is considered mature subject matter. Aug 12 09 05:19 am Link Sometimes you take a picture then a interesting idea poses itself the color photo was taken at a antique shop and the fuzzy hat just looked like it belonged in a Russian type picture with a snowstorm so i took out the background added a new background then converted to b and w to give it the old look.  Aug 12 09 05:39 am Link Koray wrote: +1 Aug 12 09 06:06 am Link While some will answer, "sure you can" reality is that is simply not true. It all depends on what separation you had between the foreground and background, how wild and or blurry/sharp the hair is, what new background the image will be going into and of course how big is it going to be used! Internet used pretty small...sure why not...commercail work, then not always! Classic example would be a blond women shot on a white background where her hair "blends into" the background....try putting that on a dark colored background...good luck....the ends of her hair are simply not there... in other words, every shot cannot be changed with good quality....if it's planned out for that purpose, then sure, you can shoot it in a manner than makes it possible with high quality! Aug 12 09 07:45 am Link Its not just about "cutting out" but also about maintaining correct lighting. If the shadows got the wrong way (for example) it always looks fake. Aug 12 09 09:41 am Link  Moderator Warning!William Kious wrote: No. Aug 12 09 11:03 am Link Yes. The links below take you to the original images used in my avatar. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7200592 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7200583 Aug 12 09 11:07 am Link Brian Stewart Photo wrote: And that's often the easy part. I disagree that the pen tool is the best solution for extracting humans and animals--I usually use existing channel data for things with hair and fur--but no matter how you handle the separate parts, that's just the mechanical aspect. Aug 12 09 11:10 am Link I don't thnk you have to use blue or green, try to keep a solid color will do and less busy in the background. Aug 12 09 11:13 am Link Yes. Aug 12 09 03:45 pm Link ebarb wrote: It can be done. It just requires you to take the extra time to repaint and texture the hair that was lost. The biggest issue with changing backgrounds for me is lighting. This can also be rectified, but with a lot of patience and time most. Aug 14 09 06:44 pm Link aso studio wrote: If I was a bad ass Photoshop user like Koray, I would change my backgrounds too for some pics.. But I suck doing composite images Aug 14 09 06:46 pm Link Brian Stewart Photo wrote: Impressive. Most impressive. Aug 14 09 06:48 pm Link I can change backgrounds (not just green or blue screen) and also maintain the image quality if the quality is at least 1024 x 768. Aug 14 09 07:06 pm Link . "Can you change backround and maintain quality ?" Yes, I can.  . Aug 14 09 07:17 pm Link I only wish I could...  Aug 14 09 08:26 pm Link MMDesign wrote: You a bad ass, I mean that in a good way. Aug 14 09 08:30 pm Link Half of my port , so yes ... Aug 14 09 09:46 pm Link My avatar is a lot of cut outs and a lot of composites. There are a gaggle of ways to remove backgrounds, some work better than others depending on the image. Threshold, channels, magic wand, extraction tool, pen tool, quick mask took etc etc etc... Almost always I find myself using the polygon tool do do the cleanest work. Which is the same as alt(open apple)+lasso except more flexible and similar to the pen tool. Also a lot of times I'm not removing/replacing backgrounds, doing things with the foreground I don't want overlapping to the background, or selecting parts of the foreground for mock DOF. For the record I have never found a quick, good, reliable way to remove backgrounds. I hear some programs are good, and I even did a couple trials and was disappointed. So until I'm enlightened, it's the old fashioned way for me Aug 14 09 09:52 pm Link Virtuoso Skins wrote: There is definatly no easy way to remove a background or at least for me . Even when you remove a background you have to match up the tonal levels on the model with the new background etc... Aug 14 09 10:01 pm Link Virtuoso Skins wrote: I too use the polygon tool. Usually I zoom in to about 200% to make sure I'm being really accurate. It takes forever, but it saves you time later down the line fiddling about with the eraser tool because you've missed loads, or having to repaint a bunch of stuff because you used a quick fix like magic eraser that deleted stuff you wanted to keep. Aug 15 09 09:22 am Link Kevin_Connery wrote: I 100% agree. I'm sure most of us can cut out an image but I still refuse jobs where a client (most often a model) will as me to put them in a different background. They simply don't understand how it works and think that just pasting them into anything is going to look great.... Aug 15 09 04:09 pm Link |
