| If you love photography and have wondered if digital | | | | to work with digital backgrounds. Though this is |
| backgrounds are worth the hassle, please consider | | | | certainly true for video work, it is not true of |
| the following information. Digital backgrounds for | | | | photography. Sure chromakey screens will work, but |
| photographers have been around for nearly ten | | | | you can achieve great results with just a solid color |
| years. Perhaps you seen them advertised at the | | | | background such as a white bare wall. The point to |
| photography websites you visit. The following will | | | | consider is the extraction becomes easier when the |
| answer some of the questions you may have. | | | | subject is not wearing the same color as the color as |
| What is the Process for Using Digital Backgrounds? | | | | the background. For instance, if you are using a green |
| Basically, you take a picture of your subject and | | | | chromakey screen, then you would want to avoid |
| remove or extract them from the background with | | | | having your subject wear any clothing that is the |
| photo editing software such as Photoshop, then | | | | same shade of green as your screen. The same |
| paste them onto a new digital background of your | | | | goes for blue screens or a white wall or muslin. |
| choice. These backgrounds are generally pictures of | | | | How Long do Extractions Take? |
| landscapes, famous locations, churches, or even | | | | If the picture of the subject was taken in front of a |
| holiday related graphical themes such as birthdays, | | | | chromakey screen or white wall, then extractions are |
| Christmas, etc. | | | | usually completed in less than five minutes. |
| Will Any Picture I Have Work With a Digital | | | | Additional Benefit |
| Background? | | | | An additional benefit when working with backgrounds |
| You can use whatever picture you want, but, you | | | | is that it is a low cost way for a person to |
| get the best results when the picture of your | | | | experiment with portrait photography without the |
| subject was taken in front of a solid color. This will | | | | large expense of purchasing custom made muslins |
| make the extraction process so much faster and | | | | which can cost over five hundred dollars in some |
| easier. | | | | cases. Aside from purchasing ready made digital |
| Do I Need to Use a Chromakey Screen? | | | | backgrounds, one can easily create their own with |
| Many people mistakenly think that they need to | | | | either their camera or Photoshop. |
| purchased a chromakey screen such as green or blue | | | | |