Digital Backdrops

[PhotogMom]

Does anyone have experience with these? If so what is your experience? Yay or nay? Fill me in please. I found out accidentally that my husband ordered some for me for Christmas. ;-)

 

[MLeeK]

They're harder than hell. You have to have a GOOD greenscreen setup and GOOD skills in cutting things out to make them look real.

 

[PhotogMom]

They're harder than hell. You have to have a GOOD greenscreen setup and GOOD skills in cutting things out to make them look real.

I have a good greenscreen. ;-) as well as I am well versed in PS.

 

[MLeeK]

I'm GOOD in photoshop and it's harder than HELL. Especially with hair to get good, clean cut outs. There are some softwares out there for it that work pretty well.
Lighting the greenscreen and the subject properly is a BIG key in it.

Do a search here for digital backdrops or digital backgrounds there are a LOT of posts on it.

 

[Rwsphotos]

Getting good results around small details is painstaking in ps with out a good green screen plugin. Its the removing the old background that will take time putting the new one in is the easy part.

 

[Buckster]

Take these three classes so that you're covered no matter what you encounter:

Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Fundamentals | Video Tutorial from lynda.com

Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Advanced Blending | Video Tutorial from lynda.com

Photoshop Masking & Compositing: Hair | Video Tutorial from lynda.com

Then get this software to make it even easier on most images:

Topaz ReMask - Masking Made Easy

End of problem.

 

[Sw1tchFX]

Under most circumstances, it's god awful, especially since nobody knows how to do it right and they use it for stupid things like seniors, weddings, etc... People don't understand you need some serious distance and even tonality on that screen for it to work.


Just because you know how to make a knock out in PS doesn't mean you're a regular Dave Hill.