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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Photos / June 2006Changing the digital backgrounds
What photo program is best for changing the digital backgrounds? And how do you do that? I'm currently using ArcSoft Photo Studio 5.5.....I could use some help on changing that background!! > What photo program is best for changing the digital > backgrounds? And how do you do that? I'm currently using > ArcSoft Photo Studio 5.5.....I could use some help on > changing that background!! ============================= What...exactly, are you calling a "digital background"? If you are asking how to place the main subject of a digital image on a different background...this would be accomplished by creating a "cutout" (think...paperdoll) and placing the cutout on the image that will be the new background. The following links are two original scans and a third image which is a composite of the first two. This was accomplished using cutouts. (Original A) http://tinyurl.com/b67i (Original B) http://tinyurl.com/b67h (Composite) http://tinyurl.com/b67k I'm not familiar with ArcSoft Photo Studio 5.5 but you need software with the tools to create cutouts and layered projects. If you would like to try a different program.... Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006 is a downloadable 60 day trial version with much of the functionality of MS Digital Image Suite 2006. Once your 60 day trial period has ended, the program will de-feature to minimal functionality. Unlike the retail version...the trial does not have the ability to create VCDs and does not support RAW files. Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006 http://tinyurl.com/8x6ea Be aware that it's a 109 MB download....  SignatureJohn Inzer MS Picture It! MVP Digital Image Highlights and FAQs http://tinyurl.com/aczzp Making Good Newsgroup Posts http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm I think the thing that surprises most people who want to try this is the amount of work that can be involved in getting the boundary of the selection (the "cutout") just right, so that the pasteup isn't obvious. Occasionally, the desired object has good color contrast with the old background, allowing some shortcuts, but often at least parts of the boundary have to be "drawn" by hand, and carefully fitted. Then the right degree of "blending" needs to be applied when the "cutout" is placed into the new background. And colors and contrast ranges will need balancing as well, so that the "cutout" doesn't stick out like a foreign element. These are all steps that benefit from practice, and some of it can be time consuming if you want a very good result. Try doing some for fun--don't wait until you need one in an hour! -michael >> What photo program is best for changing the digital >> backgrounds? And how do you do that? I'm currently using [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > Be aware that it's a 109 MB download.... Signature-michael Parallel computing for 8-bit Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it is seriously underused." |
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