Some Photoshop Practice
I started with this picture I thought it would be an easy image to practice editing out the background of as it has a mostly white background with a mostly black image that I was to keep with no hair or little details that could be hard to edit out. The image was also taken in high resolution so it would in theory be easier to edit as the detail and definition of the image would be of a good quality therefore less pixilation. However the size of the image due to the high resolution made it hard for Photoshop to cope with the image.
I started by copying the white wall background over the black stones and shadow at the bottom of the picture using the “clone stamp tool” to copy part of the white background over the dark bits I want removing I do this so it is easier for the “quick select tool” to decipher what part of the picture is the background and which is the actual picture.
I then used the ‘Quick Select tool’ too select only the girl in the image putting her in a new Photoshop layer removing her from the background. I then made another layer completely green and put it behind her to check if she was cropped properly.
I could then make another layer and find an appropriate image to use in the background of the picture. The image I chose just for experimental purposes was this outer space picture. I then changed the layer type to ‘lighten’ to create the affect seen in this image.
I was left with two end images. I was happy with both images the one with the layer lightend as I feel it was effective as it is just the abaya that you can really notice the effect on so just her eyes and hands look normal. With the image without the layer effects on you can just see the detail in the woman compared with the background just so you can see how well cut out she was from the origional background.
