On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:19:19 -0300, John Hawkins
<parklane@accesswave.ca> wrote:
>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:04:54 -0300, John Hawkins
><parklane@accesswave.ca> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 07:01:38 -0400, johnpower@verobeachlaw.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.pbase.com/image/19377362
>>>
>>>Is there a fairly simple quick way to replace this background with
>>>another more neutral one? I took about 10 shot against this
>>>background and would like to change them all.
>>>
>>>Of course the easy answer is to use a better background but that
>>>wasn't ther case here so I will use this as a PS learning
>>>opportunity...
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance for any suggestions
>>>
>>>I have Version 7
>>
>> Extract the foreground and apply it over a new layer with the
>>desired background. Use the extract command in filters. In the
>>sample I used Corel knockout which is a similar to the Adobe
>>extraction tool. I didn't spend much time cleaning it up though.
>>In this case a new layer was made with a gradient using tones from the
>>image. http://members.accesswave.ca/~parkla...rtraits09a.jpg
>>
>>John Hawkins
>>
>
> I went back and brightened in up a bit by using quick mask
>with a circular gradient centered on the face and auto levels with
>some unsharp mask.
Beautiful! I also received a sample from another participant that was
equally wonderful. It obviously can be done so now I will try and
figure out how you do it with your suggestions. Thanks again.