Removing stands from photos?
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Removing stands from photos?
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some basic rules :
- the more the stand is hidden, the less you've work in editing it out.
- the more the background behind the stand is simple (no complex frames), editing it out is easier because based on painting the background over the stand.
i did a tuto for that some years ago, hope it helps
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For a relatively small object like a stand your second option is probably better. Although my doll doesn't have a mounting possibility and I therefore don't have a stand, I sometime edit out things from pictures with a option, that most editing programs offer, which is usually called something like "Clone Brush".
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Download both into your photo editing software and cut out the stand from the photo with the doll (use 'select' and 'delete' so the missing part(s) is(are) transparent). Now copy this photo and place it over the photo without the doll and stand. Zoom into the area where the stand was so you can line up the two and paste it in place. Make sure the photo with the doll is the top layer.
Finally you can use your blend or blur tool to soften and hide the transition if need be. You can also trace the edge of the dol itself, then copy paste her into the doll-less photo. I use this technique a lot for my SW photo manipulations.
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I've tried this technique in the past, and it didn't give me good results, mostly because of the shadows the doll creates, and also, the light difference in the background.Szalinski wrote:Anther easy way is to place the camera on a tripod, take a pic of your posed doll on the stand. Then remove the stand/doll, but don't move the camera/tripod. Now take another picture of the exact same scene without the doll and stand to get that part of the photo that was behind the stand.
Download both into your photo editing software and cut out the stand from the photo with the doll (use 'select' and 'delete' so the missing part(s) is(are) transparent). Now copy this photo and place it over the photo without the doll and stand. Zoom into the area where the stand was so you can line up the two and paste it in place. Make sure the photo with the doll is the top layer.
Finally you can use your blend or blur tool to soften and hide the transition if need be. You can also trace the edge of the dol itself, then copy paste her into the doll-less photo. I use this technique a lot for my SW photo manipulations.
Where with the doll, the background is a little darker, without the doll, it's brighter, again, because of shadow forming.
Taking the background pic first, and then pasting a cut out doll works, as long as there are no shadows in play.
or have a look at Ashley's Coverdoll release by clicking here - June 13, 2015
A must-see video on Realdoll softness! Click here!
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have the feeling that even if you would paint the stand green-screen green you still would have 'problems' with all sorts of shadows, both on the stand itself but also on the environment, which all need to be addressed.
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Agreed, you do have to fiddle with the lighting to get the two to match in some cases (depending on how the scene is lit), but the less you have to trim out, the easier I found it to be overall, especially if you lack an uber-professional editing software or the experience of ILM!AlexKnight wrote:<snip!>I've tried this technique in the past, and it didn't give me good results, mostly because of the shadows the doll creates, and also, the light difference in the background.
Where with the doll, the background is a little darker, without the doll, it's brighter, again, because of shadow forming.
Taking the background pic first, and then pasting a cut out doll works, as long as there are no shadows in play.
It took me over six hours to create this composite, most of it trimming and cutting out foreground so the background would show through where it was supposed to...
Notice that not only is every single spoke is present and complete, from hub to wheel, but even the tiniest gaps in every section of the bicycle and even in Sharon's hair the background shows through (Click here for the full size photo). It was made in three layers: Background, Sharon on the bicycle, and the magazine typeset. Easily my most labor intensive work, and the one I am most proud of. I entered it into the monthly photo challenge "lingerie", where it bombed in the final vote.
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From this:
to this:
I replaced the background, gave Everhard a microphone in his hands instead of a lightbulb, and added some shadows on the ground... I can't remember how long I worked on this, but it's one of my proudest achievements.
or have a look at Ashley's Coverdoll release by clicking here - June 13, 2015
A must-see video on Realdoll softness! Click here!
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