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Tutorials for Backdrop Designer.

Backdrop Designer is fun and easy to use. However, its tools do NOT work like Photoshop's, even though you are inside of that host application. The hour that you spend NOW learning about Backdrop Designer will save you countless hours of billable time LATER.

Quickstart Guide.

A terrific Quickstart Guide for Backdrop Designer. These 12 steps bring you through the basic of creating a digital backdrop.

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Download the full manual for Backdrop Designer. If you've already read our Quickstart Guide, you can flip through to find out additional info.

LEVEL: BEGINNER

The basic overview.

This tutorial guides you through the basics of Backdrop Designer. It's fun and easy! This QuickTime movie may take a few minutes to load.

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LEVEL: BEGINNER

More basics.

Another example of working with Backdrop Designer. This tutorial also talks about using the custom shadow feature of the Bend Editor.

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LEVEL: MEDIUM

Touch-up tricks.

This tutorial gives an example of how to spice up your new Backdrop, with a simple use of Photoshop's Lighting filter.

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Add a shadow behind your subject.

LEVEL: MEDIUM

A shadow cast during a photography session usually doesn't look real in a composite. But once the person/object is digitally inserted against a new background, you can easily recreate a shadow in Photoshop. This tutorial explains how to do it.

 

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Create a full-length backdrop.

LEVEL: BEGINNER

Suppose you have a model in a long dress. You want to place her in front of a new background in a natural way. To do this properly, you need to simulate the line of a floor or vanishing point. In this tutorial, we show you how to create this floor simulation in Photoshop AFTER using Backdrop Designer.

 

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Create realistic stained glass.

LEVEL: BEGINNER

Backdrop Designer does a great job of creating realistic cloth backdrops for all of your photographic needs. This plugin can be also used in conjunction with some of the tools in Photoshop to create great looking, life-like effects such as stained glass. This tutorial shows you how.

 

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