A Little White Background

By Andy. I was asked by a shy dgrinner to explain how I get the white backgrounds in some of my shots. The first step, of course, is well, have a white background. in my case, it's so ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Digital Grin) — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:30:07 -0800

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By Andy. I was asked by a shy dgrinner to explain how I get the white backgrounds in some of my shots. The first step, of course, is well, have a white background. in my case, it's so ...

Open the file in photoshop Choose select>color range Use the eyedropper and drag it along the full range of the grey background color Click enter Now, the background is selected ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Digital Grin) — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:30:13 -0800

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Open the file in photoshop Choose select>color range Use the eyedropper and drag it along the full range of the grey background color Click enter Now, the background is selected ...

color range Use the eyedropper and drag it along the full range of the grey background color Click enter Now, the background is selected ..." title="Open the file in photoshop Choose select>color range Use the eyedropper and drag it along the full range of the grey background color Click enter Now, the background is selected ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" />

Do cmd-j (pc: ctrl-j) to put this selection in a new layer. Now do cmd-l (pc: ctrl-l) and do a levels adjustment Drag the rightmost slider to the left until you've got white white

nobody@smugmug.com (Digital Grin) — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:30:11 -0800

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Do cmd-j (pc: ctrl-j) to put this selection in a new layer. Now do cmd-l (pc: ctrl-l) and do a levels adjustment Drag the rightmost slider to the left until you've got white white

Now, do your normal post routine..adjust colors, any cropping, cloning, etc. Back to Dgrin Forums

nobody@smugmug.com (Digital Grin) — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:30:09 -0800

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Now, do your normal post routine..adjust colors, any cropping, cloning, etc. Back to Dgrin Forums