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Changing a Studio Background in Photoshop

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Overview

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Learn how to remove a subject from a studio environment and place her against a different background.

Studio portraits can sometimes benefit from the visual interest a new backdrop can provide. In this installment of Portrait Project, Chris Orwig shows how to remove a subject from a studio environment and place her against a different background. First, Chris shows how to crop the portrait and improve details in Camera Raw. Then, in Photoshop, he shows how to make a selection, refine its edges, and convert it to a mask, and combine it with another image. In the second half of the course, he covers how to make the subject look at home in her new environment using a hand-painted darkening effect, blur, and color and tone adjustments.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Using the exercise files
1. Change a Studio Background
  • Quick overview of the project
  • Using Camera Raw to crop and improve details
  • Tips for how to remove the subject from the background
  • Removing the subject from the background
  • Combining multiple images together
2. Improving Details, Color, and Tone
  • Creating a hand-painted darkening effect
  • Adjusting the color and tone of the background
  • Improving the edge detail with Refine Mask
  • Modifying the color and tone
  • Adding a blur with Smart Filters
  • Project review and final color adjustments
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Chris Orwig

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