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04/19/2003 08:10:03 PM · #1 |
Hi guys,
I see many pictures of subjects here with a perfect black background. Is it a studio background or a Photoshop trick? If it is a Photoshop trick can anyone share it with me? Thanks. :-) |
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04/19/2003 08:54:50 PM · #2 |
I think most people are using black fabric or black posterboard. No PS trick.
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04/19/2003 10:51:46 PM · #3 |
I agree. I am one of the people here who has a somewhat of a pro set up. Drive down to the local Wal-Mart and pick up some fabric on special for a dollar or two a yard. 2-3 yards will go a long way.
TurboTech.
Will have some pictures of my setup in my new house soon. |
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04/19/2003 11:54:21 PM · #4 |
I use black poster board to shoot outside.
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04/20/2003 02:13:17 AM · #5 |
black posterboard or white posterboard . . . it's all good.
garlic
eggs
ps - voters don't always like it . . .
pps - i don't have photoshop, i use breezebrowser and irfanview, but be careful not to over adjust - see this (submission) versus this (original) (okay, these didn't use posterboard but you get the idea)
Message edited by author 2003-04-20 02:15:46. |
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04/20/2003 05:32:25 AM · #6 |
| Thanks, guys. I use black fabric too, I was just wondering if there is some kind of PS trick I don't know about. |
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04/20/2003 07:23:03 AM · #7 |
In order to get a "perfectly" black or white background: yes you need a black or white sheet. However, to get it right you need to play with Levels in Photoshop or Histogram adjustments in Paint Shop Pro.
Try it you'll like. It's the only way you'll get those strikingly black or white backgrounds. It's really not complicated. Just locate the function and play with it a bit.
in Photoshop 7: Image -> Adjustments -> Levels
in Paint Shop Pro (I don't have it handy): Colours -> Adjustments -> Histogram functions.
To get a better white background, slide the right arrow to the left. To get a better black background, slide the left arrow to the right.
Good luck. :)
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04/20/2003 09:35:27 AM · #8 |
My black backgrounds are mostly just nothing. Obviously when there is an object on it, its a piece of card, but for my portraits with black backgrounds, it is just emptyness.
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04/20/2003 09:53:33 AM · #9 |
| other than using posterboard, you can do this by good lighting technique or careful exposure - to get really white whites or black blacks you'll need to exposure the scene correctly too. |
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03/29/2005 04:56:59 AM · #10 |
I need to underexpose when I shot on a black backgound ? I frequenlty get some reflection on the background (a big sheet of 200gm/m ).
I haven't find a opaque sheet...
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04/02/2005 08:28:11 PM · #11 |
I didn't have anything fancy for this one. I took it in my laundry room! lol I did have a dark cloth behind it (about 2-3 ft. so that I could light the flower but not the cloth). I then lit the flower with a flashlight, closed the door so that the laundry room would be totally dark and took the picture without flash. |
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