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what software allows you to put kids into it?

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Dec 05, 2010 13:18 |  #1

i know subject is tough to get what im asking..

we went to the mall.. and a guy had his camera hooked up to his Mac. He took a pic of each of my kids and dropped them into a background and printed out a card..

i was talking to him and forget the name of the software... he said it only ran on Windows so he was running windows on his mac to use the software...

i thought it would be cool if i looked into something like that as my kids b-day are coming up...


tried googling but didnt know what to search for...

one example was my one kid put shades and a hat on... he added him in as if the paparazzi was taking pics of him... and it said.. Rock Star

other one was my lil guy put big hands on (mickey mouse hands) and he dropped him next to elmo (not sure what the mickey hands had to do with elmo)

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Dec 05, 2010 14:26 |  #2

I think its some kind of green screen software something like this....

http://www.tubetape.ne​t …software-chromakey/Detail (external link)

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Dec 05, 2010 14:27 |  #3

Try alien skin software.

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Dec 05, 2010 15:27 |  #4

Leonid Photography wrote in post #11399703 (external link)
I think its some kind of green screen software something like this....

http://www.tubetape.ne​t …software-chromakey/Detail (external link)

yeah i dont remember a green screen.. but it must have been some kind.. thinking of it... hmm $150 aint bad...im gonna have to do something like this...
even for hockey... that would ROCK!!!!!!!!!

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Dec 05, 2010 15:33 |  #5

you can do that with photoshop

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Dec 05, 2010 15:39 |  #6

That green screen program would be cool, not sure if I would want to buy a green screen for it to work. A 12' x 12' green screen cost around $600.00 plus you need a frame to hang it on. It would be ideal for studio work, but it would be useless for regular photography.

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Dec 05, 2010 15:39 |  #7

mansalim wrote in post #11400007 (external link)
you can do that with photoshop

care to explain? im new to photoshop.. i was shown auto tone, auto color and how to adjust the levels.. that is about it.. i didnt know how to but a quick google and i removed a lamp out of a picture....

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Dec 05, 2010 15:46 |  #8

TeleFragger wrote in post #11400035 (external link)
care to explain? im new to photoshop.. i was shown auto tone, auto color and how to adjust the levels.. that is about it.. i didnt know how to but a quick google and i removed a lamp out of a picture....

well i think google can teach you better than me.. search composite image.. i hope this helps.. sorry i am too lazy to explain this..

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Dec 05, 2010 16:16 |  #9

Try this link (external link)




  
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Dec 05, 2010 17:21 |  #10

othomas wrote in post #11400244 (external link)
Try this link (external link)

that is cool.. but that takes time to cut the person out...

the guy at the store did it in SECONDS!!!!!!!

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Dec 05, 2010 20:40 |  #11

A cheap "green screen" could be to pose your kids somewhere dark - like outside at night, with a very distant background, and expose with flash. You should get a black background making it easy to select the subject.
I use a technique like this from time to time with plants. These examples were just taken inside during the day, but relying solely on flash for illumination. The close range helps a lot though (the old inverse square law), so I can't be sure it will "scale up" properly.


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Dec 05, 2010 20:48 |  #12

The Photokey software will knock the (green or blue) background out the instant the photo is imported into the program. Green screens do not cost $600.

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Dec 06, 2010 14:09 |  #13

TeleFragger wrote in post #11400557 (external link)
that is cool.. but that takes time to cut the person out...

the guy at the store did it in SECONDS!!!!!!!


If you photograph someone/something in front of a single colour background, which is contrasting from the subject, then you can use the magic wand tool to select the background colour then invert the selection to select the subject.

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Dec 06, 2010 14:37 |  #14

TeleFragger wrote in post #11400557 (external link)
that is cool.. but that takes time to cut the person out...

the guy at the store did it in SECONDS!!!!!!!

He may have done it in seconds, but without a green screen or something I assure you it will looks much worse on inspection than a good photoshop job.

Now, for a small card, you may not care.

In the future, this type of question is more appropriate to ask in the Post Process section as this has nothing to do with EOS cameras. https://photography-on-the.net/forum/forumdis​play.php?f=18

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