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Knocking-Out and Adding Backgrounds Quickly and Easily / Young woman portrait

One of the big advantages of digital photography over traditional film-based photography is the ability to make modifications to a shot without spending a great deal of time and money.

We have found that there is a growing interest in creating dropouts, sometimes called knockouts, of an image. A dropout is the separation of the foreground of an image from the background. The isolated foreground object can then be placed in front of a background of the photographer's choice.

For those who are interested in creating dropouts, this lesson will cover some simple lighting practices to give the best image for making clean dropouts easily.

(Most images can be clicked for an enlarged view.)

Topics Covered:

  • Chromakey Introduction
  • Planning the Photo Session
  • Chromakey Lighting Problems to Avoid
  • Lighting the FlexDrop
  • Lighting your Subject
  • Creating the Mask
  • Adding the Background
  • Things to Consider

Equipment Used:

Camera/Media

  • Olympus E20 camera
  • 128 MB compact flash card

  
 

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