Faux-Studio background help

[SWolfe]

Hi,

I'm looking for a tutorial or advice on making a Faux-Studio background, mine always look so fake. I'm trying to remove my grandmother from her background and put her against a backdrop that dosen't look "cookie cutterish".

I'm thinking tan but I'm not sure. Any ideas on color or tips for making a decent background?

Thanks so much,

Sandra

[Swampy]

If you use PhotoShop, you can fill a blank layer and do Render Clouds. The colors depend on what you have selected for foreground and background in you color well. Do a gausian blurr on the resulting clouds

[Ed_L]

Here's an easy tip for creating a studio backdrop. If you don't understand it right away, read further down the thread. Good luck.

Ed

[SWolfe]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

Very Best,

Sandra

[cspringer]

grab your camera and take pictures of brick, cement, slate, sky, plants...everything!

Go to you local decorating store and grab some wallpaper books/samples....scan them.

[mistermonday]

Sandra, there is ample contrast to make a good mask of your grandmother. As for the background you can make some really neat ones just by taking normal images to which you apply a heavy gaussian blur and then a motion blur, an example of one I have attached. The original scene was a derert landscape.
Regards, Murray

[SWolfe]

Thanks Mrmonday. I like that idea. Seems to work very well.