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Photographing Objects For Easy Extraction

#1 Rose Ann

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Posted 22 January 2011 - 08:16 PM

I want to photograph some objects to use in layouts, but I want to do it in a way that makes them really EASY to extract from the picture. I am open to any suggestions about how to do this.
Thanks very much for your help.

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Posted 22 January 2011 - 08:35 PM

maybe do with black fabric for backround then you can extract easily

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Posted 22 January 2011 - 08:36 PM

First, whatever color your object is, use a background with high contrast. Next, try to get the lighting so there's not much shadow. Shadows in the photo make extracting more difficult. Somewhere online, don't remember but a search may come up with it, I saw instructions for making your own light box just for this sort of thing.

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Posted 22 January 2011 - 08:45 PM

Laurel gives instructions on how to make your own lightbox for this purpose. With pictures. It's in the Scrap Girls 2009 Digital Scrap Link Class: Let There Be Light . It has plenty of other useful info, too.