Changing the digital backgrounds

[Guest]

What photo program is best for changing the digital backgrounds? And how do
you do that? I'm currently using ArcSoft Photo Studio 5.5.....I could use
some help on changing that background!!

 

[John Inzer]

What photo program is best for changing the digital
backgrounds? And how do you do that? I'm currently using
ArcSoft Photo Studio 5.5.....I could use some help on
changing that background!!

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What...exactly, are you calling a "digital
background"?

If you are asking how to place the main
subject of a digital image on a different
background...this would be accomplished
by creating a "cutout" (think...paperdoll)
and placing the cutout on the image that
will be the new background.

The following links are two original scans
and a third image which is a composite
of the first two. This was accomplished
using cutouts.

(Original A)
http://tinyurl.com/b67i

(Original B)
http://tinyurl.com/b67h

(Composite)
http://tinyurl.com/b67k

I'm not familiar with ArcSoft Photo Studio
5.5 but you need software with the tools
to create cutouts and layered projects.

If you would like to try a different program....
Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006
is a downloadable 60 day trial version with
much of the functionality of MS Digital Image
Suite 2006.

Once your 60 day trial period has ended, the
program will de-feature to minimal functionality.

Unlike the retail version...the trial does not
have the ability to create VCDs and does
not support RAW files.

Microsoft Digital Image
Starter Edition 2006
http://tinyurl.com/8x6ea

Be aware that it's a 109 MB download....


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[Michael J. Mahon]

I think the thing that surprises most people who want to try this
is the amount of work that can be involved in getting the boundary
of the selection (the "cutout") just right, so that the pasteup
isn't obvious.

Occasionally, the desired object has good color contrast with the
old background, allowing some shortcuts, but often at least parts
of the boundary have to be "drawn" by hand, and carefully fitted.

Then the right degree of "blending" needs to be applied when the
"cutout" is placed into the new background. And colors and contrast
ranges will need balancing as well, so that the "cutout" doesn't
stick out like a foreign element.

These are all steps that benefit from practice, and some of it
can be time consuming if you want a very good result.

Try doing some for fun--don't wait until you need one in an hour!

-michael

=============================
What...exactly, are you calling a "digital background"?

If you are asking how to place the main
subject of a digital image on a different background...this would be
accomplished
by creating a "cutout" (think...paperdoll)
and placing the cutout on the image that will be the new background.
The following links are two original scans
and a third image which is a composite of the first two. This was
accomplished using cutouts.

(Original A)
http://tinyurl.com/b67i

(Original B)
http://tinyurl.com/b67h

(Composite)
http://tinyurl.com/b67k

I'm not familiar with ArcSoft Photo Studio 5.5 but you need software
with the tools
to create cutouts and layered projects.

If you would like to try a different program....
Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006
is a downloadable 60 day trial version with
much of the functionality of MS Digital Image
Suite 2006.

Once your 60 day trial period has ended, the
program will de-feature to minimal functionality.

Unlike the retail version...the trial does not
have the ability to create VCDs and does
not support RAW files.

Microsoft Digital Image
Starter Edition 2006
http://tinyurl.com/8x6ea

Be aware that it's a 109 MB download....

--

-michael

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