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Adding Backgrounds with Impact to Photos

by Colin Smith

www.photoshopcafe.com

This week we are going to look at some creative options to photo backgrounds. There

are times when we are just plain sick of ordinary photos and we want something a bit

different. There are also times when an ordinary background is too busy to apply type to

or use in a brochure etc. There are other times when it fights with the subject and we

need a way to make it pop. This tutorial is going to show you how to take an ordinary

photo and change the background to accomplish all these purposes.

Start with a photo that has a clearly defined foreground image.

Duplicate the layer by dragging to the new layer icon.

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Use the extract tool to knock out the foreground image. (Details of this in another

tutorial)

Sometimes the extract tool gets a bit over zealous. Hide the background. Use the history

brush and eraser to clean up and cut out image.

Here is our image with the background removed. Note, its still intact in the background

layer.

Now hide the cutout layer. Show the background layer and choose the bg as our

working layer. Filter>blur>motion blur. Play with the settings until you find something

you like.

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To add a bit of pizzazz, Duplicate the layer, Invert it (cmd/ctrl+I) and change it to

Luminosity mode.

See how it looks now.

We can soften the effect by applying a radial blur to the duplicated layer.

Filter>blur>radial blur

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The result is much more appealing.

If you wish you could apply a soft drop shadow to highlight the subject a bit more. Use

it in such a manner as it looks more like an outer glow.

Another variation would be to apply a soft outer glow.

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Experiment and let your imagination run wild. There is no limit to the way you can apply

this tutorial to really add some life to your photos.

Click here for more tutorials by Colin

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