Backdrops

jowil

Is there a place to buy inexpensive backdrops?

amigo

Hi @jowil,

I don't buy backdrops. I take a picture of a person and make the background transparent using the Gimp (see gimp.org, a free software). Then I open the image that I want to use as a backdrop (for example a nice picture of a beach and ocean) and I paste the person on top of that image as a layer.

It works okay on white backgrounds to make them transparent, but it works better using a green screen like this one:


http://www.123videomagic.com/green_screen_backdrop.asp

Here is how to make the background of a portrait transparent using the gimp:


And another one: