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bg_daddio84
Joined: 14 Aug 2009
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 Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:38 am Post subject: Adding image with shadows to background |
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I am a novice, so forgive me if I don't use the correct terms.
I have a product collage at my company that has a white background with natural shadows. Is there a way to add that to a colored/textured background where the shadows will look correct and I won't have to manually erase all the white?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Big Daddy
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hawkeye
Joined: 14 May 2009
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Location: Mesa, Az
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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It's possible, the best method depends on the image itself. You may be able to select just the white using the magic wand tool, or select-color range, or blending mode. There are many possibilities, you might want to post the image.
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bg_daddio84
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:45 am Post subject: |
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I have posted a piece of the picture that I am trying to put on top of a colored/textured background without any of the white showing, but the natural shadowing remaining.
Any suggestions?
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hawkeye
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There is no easy way to do this picture that I know of. If you have control over it, I'd suggest taking the photo on a green screen next time. As it is, a lot of selecting using various techniques, manual erasing etc. can get the job done but it will take time and patience.
I did this in less than 10 minutes. Not perfect, but more time cleaning up the edges would make it better.
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neontester
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| bg_daddio84 wrote: | I have posted a piece of the picture that I am trying to put on top of a colored/textured background without any of the white showing, but the natural shadowing remaining.
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You can select the objects, as hawkeye did, but the shadows are a gradiation of grey to white.
Put that on another background other than white and it wont work.
You would then need to recreate the shadows.
I cant think of an easy way to achieve that, only a very laborious one.
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neontester
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| Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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Except I forgot the obvious, use a selection of the objects on a new layer above your background and then add a drop shadow in the layer styles box.
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