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126 Setting up a Home Studio Just a single large-front softbox works well too, with the back- ground lit by the second fl ash, a ...
FIGURE 7.8 “Happy Boy with Easter Egg and Candy.” © Douglas Freer/Shutterstock MORE ABOUT ISOLATED IMAGES 127 ...
128 Setting up a Home Studio FIGURE 7.9 “Young Attractive Couple.” © Douglas Freer/iStockphoto All is not lost. Gray can be turn ...
FIGURE 7.10 “Teamwork.” © Lise Gagne/iStockphoto There are more sophisticated methods, but I use what works for me. Check that t ...
130 Setting up a Home Studio You don’t have to have a pure white background to create a clip- ping path. But more often than not ...
which is what I have done with the sample whiskey image in Figure 7.12. This is not approved by some; in particular, iStockphoto ...
132 Setting up a Home Studio Stage 2: make a work path from your selection Now, on the Paths palette, click on the little icon t ...
Summary The only difference between my quick-and-dirty method and the posh one involves the selection process. The pen tool is t ...
134 Setting up a Home Studio not necessary for perfect paths if you practice a little. I have a few images with clipping paths i ...
FIGURE 7.15 “Wine Being Poured.” © Douglas Freer/iStockphoto ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNIQUES 135 ...
136 Setting up a Home Studio essential, even in the “studio.” In order to capture the movements of the drumsticks, all I did was ...
FIGURE 7.17 “Drum Kit in Action.” © Douglas Freer/iStockphoto ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNIQUES 137 ...
138 Setting up a Home Studio second chance (unless you want to pay a fortune in wasted fi lm). Flash meters are much less import ...
FIGURE 7.18 A fl ash meter is used to measure refl ected or (with a fl ash) incident light—hopefully your model will be better b ...
140 Setting up a Home Studio Final Note It is worth taking a little trouble to get your setup right to avoid issues later on and ...
Twenty Tips and Tricks to Winning on Microstocks The idea when submitting to microstocks is to make money, so your goal should b ...
142 Twenty Tips and Tricks to Winning on Microstocks FIGURE 8.1 Do you have diffi culty in choosing equipment?! © Okrest/Dreamst ...
microstock libraries is time consuming and not always successful. Does it make sense to save $100 on a camera but spend hours of ...
144 Twenty Tips and Tricks to Winning on Microstocks cannot spread your portfolio of royalty-free stock images around other site ...
Tip 3: Buy Decent FTP Upload Software I personally think it is a good idea to keep the uploading process as simple as possible. ...
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