Photo Compositing - - free studio background - Page 2

cendres · #16 01-08-2002, 08:07 AM

I have already put it to good use, can't wait for the hi-rez versions,
click here if you want to see how I have used it

http://home.attbi.com/~cendres3/imag...groundcopy.jpg

Thanks again Phil - Carl

photophil · #17 01-08-2002, 08:34 AM

looks great!! The big images are in the archive as of today so enjoy!!

paulette conlan · #18 01-12-2002, 01:31 PM

Here's a start with some basic generic backgrounds. When I practice I use a small canvas size at 72 because sometimes with all of the filters the file can get out of hand.Anyway here's the recipe I followed in PS6 for the one I attached.

1.Make a new RGB canvas with a white background
2.Have your colors set to default
3. Apply Filter>Render>Clouds
4. Apply Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur-about 3
5.Apply Image>Adjust> Hue/Sat to get a tint of your choice.
Be certain to click the monochromatice button
6.Apply Filter>Brush Stroke>Cross Hatch 3 times.

Another basic technique is as follows:
1. Create a new RGB canvas as above.
2. Select Filter>Noise>Add Noise amount at about 50. Use Gaussian and Mono
3.Duplicate layer and add a gaussian blur
4.Add tint as above
5. Create additional effects with Filter>Distort> Ripple
or use Pixelate,Artistic StrokesLiquify etc.

Make certain that you jot down your setting as you proceed because it's so easy to forget how you create an effect sometimes.Also,you can always make an action for particular backgrounds you want to repeat but with some minor variations.

Paulette

DJ Dubovsky · #19 01-12-2002, 02:06 PM

Phil
Went to the archives and looked through all 8 pages and couldn't find them. Am I looking in the wrong place?

Paulette
Hey looks good. I will have to try that. Like the texture with them.
DJ

DJ Dubovsky · #20 01-15-2002, 07:21 PM

So what ever happened to the hi-res versions? They don't show up in the archive pages. Is there some other archive I'm not aware of?
DJ

Doug Nelson · #21 01-15-2002, 08:23 PM

gback2.jpg is in the Archive (don't go by page number, or even URL, those change, but the filenames stay the same and are listed alphabetically). I think there's another one, but Phil will have to clue us in on that one.

DJ Dubovsky · #22 01-15-2002, 08:56 PM

OK I found it but if I went by his up load file name I wouldn't have. The thumbnails make it look like a very bad retouch photo so I kept missing it. Don't see the other one at all. Thanks again for leading my by the hand Doug.

DJ

photophil · #23 01-16-2002, 07:42 AM

gback2.jpg and goochout.jpg are both at this time on page 6
Both images are right out of camera so you can make them any res you would like. These are shq jpegs that I normally change the res to 250 on and have no problems with 16x20 images.
The outdoor background has been a real life saver in fall since usually we only get 1 week of shootable weather. Then it is usually too cold or windy.

Gooch

DJ Dubovsky · #24 01-16-2002, 08:45 AM

Well, am I ever embarrassed.

I was looking for 2 smokey backdrops and just thoght that was a photo some one submitted. That's a beautiful scene. The other one I had trouble finding because in the thumbnail size it kind of looked like a nasty restoration job. Well, sorry but I guess that clears it up for anyone else who has trouble finding them also. Thanks again Phil. That scenery is really nice.
DJ