{"id":789,"date":"2017-04-20T23:26:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T23:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kgphotoworkshops.com\/blog\/?p=789"},"modified":"2017-04-20T23:26:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T23:26:29","slug":"can-change-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kgphotoworkshops.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/20\/can-change-background\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Change the Background"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a few Photoshop edits, you can alter the appearance of an image, changing the color, brightness, as needed. \u00a0I just wanted to mention that, just in case you hadn’t thought of that!<\/p>\n

For this image, it was originally shot against a green backdrop.<\/p>\n

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For this quick example, I intentionally did not do any super dramatic changes, like totally substituting a different background. These are just some super quick edits all made within about 3 minutes max.<\/p>\n

Here are the steps I used in Photoshop:
\n(You’ll have to know a bit of Photoshop terminology for this to really make sense. \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n

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  1. I used the menu item Image -> Adjustments -> Replace Color<\/strong> command. Then after I used the eyedropper to select the green background I simply shifted the Hue and Luminance sliders until I achieved the color I wanted.<\/li>\n
  2. I just did a few quick edits to remove one of the catch lights in her eyes using the Brush tool<\/strong>, and then some quick Clone Stamp<\/strong> edits to clean up a few hairs, followed by a tiny amount of small cleanup of very minor blemishes using the Healing Brush<\/strong> (her skin is amazing anyway though!).<\/li>\n
  3. Finally I created an Adjustment Layer<\/strong> (choose any type, really) and change its Blend Mode to Multiply<\/strong>. Then I used a black brush<\/strong> on the Layer Mask to removed the effect of that layer<\/strong> mostly in around the top half of her body to provide a nice vignette<\/strong>. \u00a0That’s all!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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