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Photoshop Background Tutorials for Backdrop Designer

Photoshop Background Tutorials for Backdrop Designer.

Backdrop Designer is fun and easy to use. This Adobe Photoshop plugin is a background generator that creates beautiful digital backdrops like muslin drapes. These tutorials will get you quickly started with Backdrop Designer.

 

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Quickstart & manual for Backdrop Designer.

Download the Quickstart Guide. This is a fast way to get started with Backdrop Designer.

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

Overview of the Photoshop background basics.

LEVEL: BEGINNER

This Photoshop background 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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More basics of Backdrop Designer.

LEVEL: BEGINNER

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

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Touch-up tricks for Photoshop backgrounds.

LEVEL: MEDIUM

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

play tutorial (2.0 mb)

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 background.

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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