Practical Photoshop

REPLACE A BACKGROUND

eplacing a background has to be one of the things that Photoshop does better than any other program. There are four stages to this: first we position the subject against a new backdrop; second, we select the subject; third, we make a mask; and fourth, we fine-tune the tones and add any other effects to bring the scene together into a believable

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