On that particular day the students where to clip their product shot and paste it into the new background, adjust the looks to fit and add a shadow or reflection if needed.
So what could I do to prepare myself, and at the same time have something to show that makes it worth while for the students. Digging on my hard disks turned up this picture I once upon a long ago made for some harmless fun.
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| Photocredtis: Lieson Kyläkauppa by Anni Loukomies, Elephant through Google image search from www.konicaminolta.com. |
Luckily I was still in possession of the layered psd file which contained the originals and the workflow to show the students.
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| Disclaimer: I do not own the original photo's, nor did I use the end result anywhere commercially. I just did some retouching for fun. |
A great example how a clipped object gets integrated into a new background. So I could easily explain step by step how to attack such a task.
To make sure I had enough material with me for the students, I dug up another old trick just in case.
Sometimes you don't like the existing background enough and you just don't have time and money to come up with a new one. Well in those cases you can always create a new background from scratch with the materials at hand.
From This:
To That:
Most of the times you don't need much more then a little imagination and half an hour of Photoshop. Have a look at the video below if you want to know how it was done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFsxX6lMWwQ&feature=youtu.be
If you want to give it a go yourself, get the original tulip file from overhere and follow the tutorial at HD quality on YouTube. You can also slow it down in the settings.
Good Luck!
