Walkthrough: Black Dog, Black Background
Some of our members are creating beautiful images of dogs on black backgrounds and so I thought I'd post up some of the techniques we use here to make the process both effective and efficient. It's about half an hour long and takes us through the process from the original rough image through to the finished PSD and covers:- Prepping the file and the importance of the blacks
- The lighting patterns used
- The Photoshop techniques to clean it up including layers,
Hi Paul, I love this video and used it a few years ago. I’ve gone back to it today now using PS 2022 and can’t seem to get the Stroke Path to work as I already have a mask layer for the subject. I just wonder if I need to do something different now using a later version of PS.
Thank you! Beth
Hmmmmm. Interesting. I will have to have a look and but I am (almost) 100% certain that you don’t need to do anything different in the latest versions as these are what I use every day and I am still using the same technique.
I am very happy to find your website. Absolutely love the way you explain things. Thank you so much for taking the time to do it.
Thank you Adrian – that’s really lovely to hear!
Really loved this video. Lots of advice only gleaned from experience. Thank you so much for sharing, Paul
You’re very welcome – glad it was useful!
Paul, you made this look simple enough for those of us getting started to feel like “I can do that”. Thanks for this lesson and for your dedication to helping to enthusiast elevate our game.
Thank you so much – it’s always good to know the videos are useful! Shout if there’s a subject you’d like us to cover!
OMG that was such a great explanation and the last tip about the printing, wow, that is great. Thank you.
Very useful Paul. Especially the part about creating paths. Never knew about that. Now I just have to wait for a black dog to come in. Our maybe just go and grab one from the street as I’ve been dying to photograph a black dog on a black background for ages.
Thank you Paul, very well explained and very useful.