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Hi,
I was wondering if you can tell me how to mak a background black in a picture. I have photoshop elements 5. I took the picture using a black blackdrop but you can see the wrinkles in the fabric.
Hi Jaime,
Using the lasso tool, make a selection around your picture and under the selection menu invert the selection. This way you'll have the backdrop selected.
Hit the "D" key to set the background to black (the default) and then hit delete to get rid of the wrinkled backdrop and let the black show.
Hope this helps,
Glen Demers
Adobe Certified Expert, Photoshop 7
Prepress Technician, Best Printing Online
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Glen Demers
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I am an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop 7 and can answer any questions dealing with images for print; resolution, color correction, color space, sharpening and retouching. I am a prepress technician for Best Printing Online and if you want to know how to prepare your image for offset reproduction, I can help.
Experience
I've been working in the prepress aspect of printing for 25 years and am currently a prepress technician for Best Printing Online
I've worked with Photoshop since 1994 and have used all versions from 3 to CS3. I'm an ACE (Adobe certified expert) in Photoshop 7.0
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I graduated High School and took 1 year of College level offset printing course. I've attended 2 Photoshop World conferences and taken numerous seminars pertaining to Photoshop and the print industry.
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