From the course: Green Screen Techniques for Photography and DSLR Video
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Matching color and exposure for the photo
From the course: Green Screen Techniques for Photography and DSLR Video
Matching color and exposure for the photo
Rich Harrington: We've got things pretty right, but the color is not exactly there. In this case, we could adjust the backdrop, but I think the backdrop is right, and it's our subject that should move towards it. Abba Shapiro: I agree totally, I like the grunginess and the darkness of the background, and it's a little bit edgy and so I want to change the way she looks to be a little darker, maybe a little more contrastier, a little edgier to kind of give us that tough soccer player feel. Rich: Okay, so we've gone ahead and just cloned out the logo, that's looking pretty good. I'm going to select those two layers, and we'll just merge those together as a Smart Object by converting to Smart Object, and we'll just call that Player, and that's going to make it easier to keep everything tied to the player on one layer. Let's go with the Curves Adjustment and use the great On Image tool there that allows us to click and add a control point. So I could start to pull things down. Now you…
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Initial processing of the raw photo4m 59s
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Creating transparency in Photoshop12m 41s
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Removing the background for subjects not shot on a chroma key8m 54s
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Exploring third-party alternatives4m 36s
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Positioning the background with Free Transform2m 26s
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Matching color and exposure for the photo3m 24s
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Adjusting focus in the background3m 56s
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Refining the composite3m 29s
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