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In this video I show you how I add visual interest to my portrait backgrounds by introducing texture and colour to make my subject stand out. Very few of us have the space or budget to own a wide variety of portrait backdrops, but you can create a near endless variety in your editing stage.
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23 responses to “Improve your Portraits by adding Texture and Colour to your Backgrounds”
This is freaking genius.
Greetings all. I can't get a background to add to my original image as described at around 3.49 in this image. I drag the background image onto the image I wish to add it to but nothing happens. It looks very simple to do in this vid but I am clearly missing something. Anyone able to enlighten me as to what I am missing? Cheers, Will
Brilliant content Sean! Greetings from Bristol
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great video! I've been using a black and white foldable backdrop and I still want to get a gray foldable backdrop but your video has opened a whole new color background world! thank you so very much!
love these type of videos
Superb. I have long wondered how to do this!
I learned so much .
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Great video once again Sean. Where is a good place to get textures?
Very nice!
Cool
Now to figure out how to pull this off in Affinity Photo. I love the tutorial. Do you happen to have a sample photo we can use to practice on? Thank you.
The comments here are testimony to humans being much more loving than media convey.
Really helpful.. I'm so grateful for your videos.
In instead of adding texture, is your technique compatible with smoothing/cleaning backgrounds, e.g.., removing wrinkles, using the mixer brush tool also (and not mixing the subject also)?
Superb Sean, thanks.
Does anyone know where to get reasonably detailed textures like what Sean used in this video?
Thank you for sharing this technique, Sean! I've been debating buying an expensive looking backdrop and with results like these I probably won't need to!
Wonderful tutorial. Thanks so much.
Shot for some very cool money-saving ideas, Sean!
i love your portrait-How-To's thanks alot!