Helenc Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hello I have 11 photos of my son - all taken in different lighting (before I started a course in photography!) a couple have a different background (carpet) completely. I would like to know what is the best way of making all the backgrounds the same? Should I replace them entirely with a block of colour or do something with the existing background. I have tried using the magic wand tool but not getting very far. Here are a couple of examples..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hi Helen, did you shoot them in raw format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helenc Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Most of them, but a couple of the earlier ones are only Jpeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Ok, great, because the first step has to be getting the white balance right for all of them. Even for the jpegs, you can still do this. Once you've balanced them, post them again and we'll discuss the background tweaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helenc Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 It doesn't come up with camera raw preferences for me in the edit menu in bridge? This is what I get... When I go to Camera Raw defaults nothing happens!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Oh, sorry, on a Mac it's in the actual "Adobe Bridge CC" menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helenc Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Thanks! Is this WB better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I'm so sorry, I can't discuss white balance here. That's a matter for the Raw Class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helenc Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Ok thanks. I'm on the wait list, have been since the week it started I think. Can you still advise on the backgrounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Yes, of course. What would like like to achieve, exactly? Do you have links to other photos you admire, that you'd like to mimic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helenc Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 I want to create something similar to this....http://kristenhoneycutt.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/maxbdaypost001.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Ok, great, so you do want to use the carpet that's there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helenc Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 If I can make them all the same yes..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I've played around with a few methods, and I think your best option is a Hue/Saturation layer with the "Colorize" box checked. When you do the first photo, you could find a value on the Hue slider that you liked. You'd also adjust the Saturation and Lightness to how you liked it. You'd mask very carefully around the subject. This will be very handy. Then, you'd keep that photo open, while one at a time opening the others beside it on your screen. For each one, you'd use the same Hue value, but carefully vary the Saturation and Lightness sliders to get the best possible match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helenc Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 Thank you so much, finally managed to get time to have a play and finally getting somewhere! I look forward to the RAW class!! :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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