Please help me...

ChaKira

How do you make the background white? .. I mean like over exposing so the object/person is the only thing you see, the rest is white...

I use PhotoPlus X4 from Serif to edit photos

basflt

by placing it in front of a white background ????

however
is the shutter was already pressed
you have no other option then masking the subject/ person and copy/paste it onto a white background

if the original background is equally toned [ no detail like trees or building ]
then you might select that [ color range in photoshop ] and replace w white color

ChaKira

Well I don't have a white backdrop but looking to get one.. but editing it so you can't see there was a backdrop

basflt

you need an image editor that supports layers
mask either background or subject [ depends on background ]
lighten or color background layer

http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=1576434&postcount=4
http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=1577042&postcount=10
http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=1577185&postcount=11

ziggy53

What you are asking for is a type of "background removal". Do you have any starting examples, "before" images, for us to consider?

As a rule, the simpler the subject matter, and the simpler the background, the easier it is to remove the background. For the subject, feathers, fur, hair and shallow DOF can all greatly complicate the accurate selection of the subject.

Once the background is removed, it's relatively easy to add a new background in whatever shade or gradient, but blending the subject to the new background can still be difficult to do convincingly.

Larger print and larger display sizes complicate everything, because it allows closer scrutiny and can easily destroy the illusion of the background removal.

ziggy53

Here is a tutorial of background removal using a version of PhotoPlus:

http://hipgirlclips.com/forums/picture-perfect/12018-photoplus-remove-background-image.html

Here is a video tutorial of background removal using GIMP freeware:

http://youtu.be/Lr_XW0_DXNM

angevin1

ChaKira wrote: »

Well I don't have a white backdrop but looking to get one.. but editing it so you can't see there was a backdrop

Everything Ziggy53 suggested!

part of the simplification is getting as much of what you want straight into your camera. Such as the photo I attached below. I was looking for this effect early on and found a site that showed how to get that effect in real time. I made a simple frame out of pvc pipe and then bought some white rip stop nylon. Placed the whole of it in front of the late day Sun, had my model stand blocking the direct Sun..added a bit of front light to help, and voila~

much easier to get what you want from this beginning.

ChaKira

I mean, like if I used a white backdrop, with a dog as the subject, then wanted the background to just be white and not obvious there's a backdrop there.

Kaizer - pro pic 4.jpg

Like on this picture, he's obviously on a backdrop and some editting has been done, but what?

ChaKira

Another example:

Kaizer - pro pic 2.jpg

ziggy53

See the links that I provided above:

http://dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=1647808&postcount=6