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Adobe Photoshop
Quick Tutorial #2 |
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| Use a Chromakey and Replace With Digital Backdrops |
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1) Open photo in Photoshop with subject shot against Chromakey.
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2) Make background layer into new layer, by double-clicking background layer in the Layers Window, and then click OK. (If Layers Window is not open, from the menu bar, choose Windows > Layers)
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3) Use Magic Wand Tool, and click anywhere on the background of the photo. Entire background (chromakey) should now be highlighted, and not the subject of the photo. (Adjust Tolerance setting as necessary.)
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4) Remove background by pressing Delete on the keyboard. (Or, from Menu bar, choose Edit > Cut)
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5) Deselect highlight, by pressing Ctrl+D on the keyboard. (Or, right-mouse-button click, choose deselect. Or, from Menu bar, choose Select > Deselect)
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6) If parts of original chromakey background are still showing, repeat steps 3 - 5 for those areas.
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7) Open a digital backdrop in Photoshop. Photo and digital backdrop should be in two separate windows in Photoshop...neither window should be "maximized" so each image can be seen in some part.
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8) Check image size of photo (from menu bar: Image > Image Size) then resize the digital backdrop as necessary. For example, if photo is 1600 x 1200 pixels, resize the digital backdrop to about that size.
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9) Using the Move Tool, click on the subject of the photo, hold down on the mouse button, and drag the subject of the photo into the digital backdrop window, and onto the digital backdrop. Subject should now be on new layer above digital backdrop layer. (If subject looks too big or too small on the digital backdrop, undo, and repeat step 8.)
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10) If necessary, on the new combined image, Zoom in, and use the Eraser Tool to remove any part of the original chromakey background that's still showing.
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11) Add Layer Effects as needed, such as a drop shadow on the subject of your photo. (Double-click subject layer in Layers Window for control panel.) Crop entire new image as necessary, and Save completed project.
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