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fogdog
Joined: 05 Feb 2007
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 Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:12 am Post subject: Help please!! Make my cakes look good |
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Hi, I am also a beginner, very much a beginner.
I own a cake business and I am trying to update our website with some new photos as you can see in the photo below it doesn't look very professional so I want remove the cake and put it onto a new background.
I have read other topics and have tried things like 'extract' or using the magic wand, but I can't get it looking very professional..
The idea is to have every picture on a silvery/purple background to help the cake standout! Can anyone tell me the easiest way? The picture is below. Our website is www.creatacake.com.au so once I have finished the photos I will show how much help you are!!
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lasa
Joined: 08 Aug 2005
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Cut out the cake using the Pentool or the Quick mask.
The take a picture of a nicely arranged table and place the image on it.
The angles have to be similar to be convincing.
I couldn't find a quick suitable background image..sorry.
Pentool works well on this image.
Lasa
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fogdog
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:04 am Post subject: |
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Thanks so much for that! What you have done is perfect in fact exactly how I want to display our cakes.
Is it possible for you to give me a step by step on how you did that??
Sorry I am really reaally ignorant!
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lasa
Joined: 08 Aug 2005
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Sorry but there isn't much to add..its in getting used to the pentool...It crazy at first but once you understand it logic it great.
Lasa
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JohnnyFever
Joined: 02 Feb 2007
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Sorry to use this post but I have a question about this same thing. I will use fogdog's cake as the example. Can you now take that cake, keep the white background, and add a shadow?
Thanks
John
P.S. thanks fogdog for letting me use your post hope you don't mind.
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AgfaD2
Joined: 03 Nov 2005
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Location: California
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Johnny: If you have the cake in a separate layer it is fairly easy.
Go to 'layer' then 'layer style' Then select "drop shadow"
From there you have some options. Play around with those options and you'll see.
Chris
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fogdog
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:38 am Post subject: |
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Thanks all, I am getting there. Now I just need a web expert to update my site...
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lasa
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Looks good Fogdog!..The only parts that still might need a little cleaning are the bottoms, there a little uneven going across.
I'm not sure how you did it but if you use the pentool for the long straight or curves and Q-mask for the little ins and outs its pretty smooth sailing.
Keep it up.
Good luck,
Lasa
Forgot to add my image..there it is.
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JohnnyFever
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Yep Fogdog looks good. Thanks again for letting me ask a question in your post.
AgfaD2 that's what I thought...was having a mind blank LOL.
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AgfaD2
Joined: 03 Nov 2005
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Glad I could shed some light.
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