Stu583 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Hello All,Can anybody tell me how to remove the background clutter from pictures so that they look "presentable" on a website?What I mean is we take the pictures at home on a piece of material but what we want a "crisp white" background on the website. I have tried everything to remove it inc Macromedia Fireworks, Adobe photoshop, Paint.net and god knows how many crap programs from the internet to no avail!!I have even resorted to decorating to have a white background but it is still not the same kind of white you can get from digital enhancing. I just cant think of anything else to try now.Any advice is greatly appreciated.Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhnstcks Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 I use a green coloured background for the photo, then used the photoshop magic wand tool to remove the green and change it to white.Worked a treat as you can see from my image. It does take some time getting it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu583 Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 Hi jhnstcks,Thanks for the reply mate. I have tried similar to that as well but because some of the items have a lace edging its very delicate/detailed and photoshop cuts off some of it. That said I have seen similar sites with similar items that have got the perfect edges to their delicate items pictures.Thanks again but any more ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avlad Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 If you make your own photos, it's simple. Take the pictures with white back, use good light. Below is examples, how it can be done:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjbRpn-FHA4&feature=related Than take your preferred picture editor (Photoshop, Xnview, ...) and slighty change instrument, called Curves. Example is here: Similar effect can also be achieved with instrument Levels. It would take 10-15 sec per image and for simple situation it is usually enough. If you need to remove background from some other pictures, here is several techniques:http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/blremovebackg.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu583 Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 Thanks ever so much for the links. I will try some more of them out when taking the next pictures. Looks pretty simple really. Ill let you know how I get on though!!! haha. Any idea how to remove the background from current pictures? Is there anyway? I basically have things like the carpet, skirting boards, desks. Hope that there is a way :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avlad Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Any idea how to remove the background from current pictures? Please read my answer once more time. If you need to remove background from the current pictures, you can use techniques, described at http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/blremovebackg.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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