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Seemless Paper Backgrounds - what colors to buy? =)

 
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Jan 13, 2009 19:52 |  #1

A local store is selling out their seemless paper background overstock, and everything except black and white are 50% off. Seeing as they're already the cheapest place in town I thought I should buy a few. The backgrounds in question are from Condor Foto (external link), although the reseller (external link) I go to don't have all of the ones in the link.

First of all, one thing I'd like to experiment with is a green screen, but none of them are called "chroma green". Does this matter at all in post processing (meaning is photoshop "tuned" to work with a specific green color)? If it's not that critical do you think I should go with a light, medium or darker green?

I'm thinking about buying a brown background because I havn't found an easy way to replicate that color with my b/w paper.

Also, I shoot quite a lot with a blue filter on black background. Would I have any benefits from buying a blue background? I would still have to light it with a flash to get that glowing light going.

If I have white and black paper, do you think I would have any use with a shade of grey? The grey is simple to achive with the white paper.

I should mention I do this only for fun, even as an amatuer photographer the studio stuff is just a thing on the side to my other photographic interests.

Any opinions? =)


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Jan 16, 2009 12:35 |  #2

Thunder Gray is pretty useful and works well with gels.




  
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Jan 16, 2009 15:34 |  #3

I asked the same question about the chroma green a few days ago. I was told that a plain white of plain black background is the best for photoshop.

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