<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>DIY Craft Photography</title> <atom:link href="/tag/white/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link></link> <description>Product photography for handmade goods</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:53:30 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5</generator> <image> <url>/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-DIYC-site-icon-32x32.png</url> <title>DIY Craft Photography</title> <link></link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Solid White Background</title> <link>/photoshop-tutorial-solid-white-background/</link> <comments>/photoshop-tutorial-solid-white-background/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[M. Johnson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:00:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Photoshop Tutorials]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Post Processing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[background]]></category> <category><![CDATA[photoshop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[white]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">/?p=202</guid> <description><![CDATA[10-minute tutorial on how to make a solid white background in Photoshop. We mean solid white – 255 255 255 white! This background’s gonna blind people at the beach. 😉 If you’ve ever attempted to create a solid white background behind your product, you’ve probably run into this problem: making the background bright white makes...</p><p><a class="more-link" href="/photoshop-tutorial-solid-white-background/">Read More</a></p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_759" style="width: 275px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pinme_photoshop_white_background.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-759" class=" wp-image-759 " alt="pinme_photoshop_white_background" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pinme_photoshop_white_background.jpg" width="265" height="238" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pinme_photoshop_white_background.jpg 441w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pinme_photoshop_white_background-300x270.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-759" class="wp-caption-text">Click to share me on Pinterest!</p></div> <p>10-minute tutorial on <strong>how to make a solid white background in Photoshop</strong>. We mean<strong> solid white</strong> – 255 255 255 white! This background’s gonna blind people at the beach. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p> <p>If you’ve ever attempted to create a solid white background behind your product, you’ve probably run into this problem: making the background bright white makes the object too bright in the process, like so:</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg0.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-741" alt="photoshop solid white background blown out" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg0.jpg" width="512" height="384" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg0.jpg 512w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg0-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></a></p> <p>Separating your subject from the background is easy when your product is dark and hard-edged, so for this tutorial, I picked pretty much<strong> the worst subject I could think of: a fuzzy, soft-edged, off-white blanket.</strong></p> <p>This easy tutorial will show you how to get a solid white background without making your product look like it’s about to go nuclear.</p> <h1>What You’ll Need</h1> <p>A photo of your product on a near-white background. Use white posterboard, a sheet, or foam core board to achieve this look.</p> <p>Read our <a href="/how-to-take-white-background-photos/">guide to taking great white background product photos</a>.</p> <p>Your “before” should look something like this:</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg1.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-743" alt="photoshop solid white background before" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg1.jpg" width="512" height="384" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg1.jpg 512w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg1-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>(This photo was taken on white posterboard indoors. I told you I tried to make this the worst possible example. :P)</p> <h1><strong>Step 1: Open Layers Window </strong></h1> <p><strong>Open your Layers window</strong> (if it’s not already open).</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photoshop_openLayers.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" title="photoshop tutorial open layers window" alt="photoshop solid white background open layers palette" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photoshop_openLayers.jpg" width="253" height="381" /></a></p> <h1><strong>Step 2: Duplicate Layer </strong></h1> <p><strong>Drag your photo layer to the New button to Duplicate it. </strong>You now have two identical copies of your photo in a stack. It’s a good idea to duplicate layers before you work on them. It’s like a safety net: if you really mess things up, you can always go back to the original. <strong><br /> </strong></p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photoshop_duplicateLayer.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" title="photoshop tutorial drag layer to new button to duplicate the layer" alt="photoshop_duplicateLayer" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photoshop_duplicateLayer.jpg" width="252" height="209" /></a></p> <h1><strong>Step 3: Open Levels</strong></h1> <p><strong>Select the top layer </strong>and go to<strong> Image > Adjustments > Levels</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photoshop_adjust_levels.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" alt="photoshop solid white background open levels" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photoshop_adjust_levels.jpg" width="514" height="198" /></a></p> <h1><strong>Step 4: Make it White</strong></h1> <p><strong>Adjust the sliders </strong>until the image’s background is<strong> pure white with very faint shadows. </strong></p> <p>Without getting too technical, Levels adjusts what Photoshop considers the darkest, middle-est, and brightest parts of your image. By pulling the white slider towards the left, you’re telling Photoshop to consider a wider range of pixels to be “pure white”. Pull the grey slider to the left, too. This tells Photoshop to lighten the midtones as well.</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photoshop_adjust_tutorial_adjust_levels.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" alt="photoshop_adjust_tutorial_adjust_levels" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photoshop_adjust_tutorial_adjust_levels.jpg" width="512" height="384" /></a></p> <p><strong>Why include faint shadows? </strong> It’ll make the bottom edge look nicer, trust me. A faint suggestion of shadow is usually better than absolutely no shadow. <strong><br /> </strong></p> <p>Don’t worry about what happens to the product itself (it’s going to get majorly blown out in this layer, and that’s fine). You should now have something like this:</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg0b.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-742" alt="photoshop solid white background blown out layer" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg0b.jpg" width="512" height="384" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg0b.jpg 512w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg0b-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></a></p> <p>See that little bit of shadow to the left? I like that, but you can make yours even brighter if you want to get rid of it (but at that point you might as well just fill the layer with solid white!).</p> <h1>Step 5: Duplicate your Starting Image (Again)</h1> <p>Drag it to the top of the stack, like so:</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-745" alt="photoshop solid white background duplicate layer" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer.jpg" width="512" height="303" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer.jpg 512w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer-300x177.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></a></p> <h1><strong>Step 5: Add a Layer Mask</strong></h1> <p><strong>Select the top layer</strong> (the one you made brighter in the Levels adjustment) and <strong>click the Add Layer Mask button</strong> at the <strong>bottom of the Layers palette</strong>. Like so:</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-746" alt="photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask.jpg" width="339" height="303" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask.jpg 339w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask-300x268.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px" /></a></p> <p>Your new layer mask looks like this:</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask_looks_like.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-747" alt="photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask_looks_like" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask_looks_like.jpg" width="339" height="303" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask_looks_like.jpg 339w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask_looks_like-300x268.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px" /></a></p> <h1><strong>Step 6: Select Brush tool</strong></h1> <p><strong>Switch to Brush Tool. </strong>Press B or click on the Brush Tool in the Tools palette. (If you cannot find your Tools palette, it might be turned off. Go to Window > Tools to turn it on.)</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photoshop_tutorial_brush_tool.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" alt="photoshop_tutorial_brush_tool" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photoshop_tutorial_brush_tool.jpg" width="142" height="84" /></a></p> <h1><strong>Step 7: Select the “Hard Round” brush style </strong></h1> <p>Your brush palette may look different than mine. The Hard Round brush is usually early in the list. It’s got soft edges, but it’s not the airbrush (the airbrush edges are too soft).</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_brush_selection.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-748" alt="photoshop_solid_white_bg_brush_selection" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_brush_selection.jpg" width="264" height="216" /></a></p> <p>Set its Opacity to 100%.</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_brush_opacity.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-749" alt="photoshop_solid_white_bg_brush_opacity" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_brush_opacity.jpg" width="145" height="43" /></a></p> <p>(We’ll worry about its color in a later step.)</p> <h1><strong>Step 8: Click the Layer Mask Itself </strong></h1> <p><strong>In the Layers window, click on the Layer Mask <em>itself</em>. </strong></p> <p>This is the easiest step to make a mistake on. Click <em>inside</em> the white square. The Layer Mask gets a thin box around it when selected.</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask_looks_like.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-747" alt="photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask_looks_like" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask_looks_like.jpg" width="339" height="303" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask_looks_like.jpg 339w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_new_layer_mask_looks_like-300x268.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px" /></a></p> <h1><strong>Step 9: Change to Black</strong></h1> <p><strong>Make Black the brush color (click the tiny “swap” arrows if black is not on top already) </strong></p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photoshop_tutorial_swap_colors.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="photoshop_tutorial_swap_colors" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photoshop_tutorial_swap_colors.jpg" width="76" height="51" /></a></p> <h1><strong>Step 10: Airbrush Away the Background</strong></h1> <p><strong>Use the paint brush over the background. </strong>Carefully paint out the background around your object.</p> <p>This step requires some precision. You should see the area you paint lighten while everything else stays dark. Since your opacity is set low, you’ll have to “build up” the black on the layer mask by releasing and then clicking again and dragging some more. It’s better to build up than it is to paint at 100% – this will let you build up darkness and brightness only where you need it.</p> <p>The layer mask icon shows your progress:</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_layer_mask.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-750" alt="photoshop_solid_white_bg_layer_mask" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg_layer_mask.jpg" width="166" height="35" /></a></p> <p>Basically, what you are doing here is telling Photoshop which parts of the top image to use (the parts in the “white” portion of the mask) and which parts to make transparent (the “black” parts of the mask). The layer below (the near-white version of your photo) shows through wherever you paint black.</p> <p><strong>If you make a mistake</strong> or go too dark, press X to swap to white and paint over the area. Flip between white and black by pressing X anytime as you paint. Depending on the complexity of your object, this process might take several minutes or longer. Here’s an up-close look at my progress:</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg4.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-751" alt="photoshop solid white background paint layer mask to reveal white background" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg4.jpg" width="512" height="414" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg4.jpg 512w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg4-300x242.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></a></p> <h1>End Result</h1> <p>The background is fully removed except for a faint suggestion of a shadow to the left of the blanket roll. I carefully painted around the ribbon and folds.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg61.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-752" alt="photoshop solid white background complete after" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg61.jpg" width="512" height="384" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg61.jpg 512w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photoshop_solid_white_bg61-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></a></p> <p>Is this technique appropriate for every product? Nope. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> It’s completely up to you whether you go for a stark-white background or a more natural-looking setting.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>/photoshop-tutorial-solid-white-background/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss> <!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: https://www.boldgrid.com/w3-total-cache/ Served from: diycraftphotography.local @ 2024-06-28 17:49:45 by W3 Total Cache -->