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Must be a brick wall with graffiti effect, or even find a wall, photo it and make it a chroma key option?
 
Daryl said:
interesting stuff.

What i am after is something for Senior State school ports. something a bit more urban.... corrigated fence/plastic with blue gel on back light.

Something the kids would want and maybe use for facebook ....
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Why not just go to a DIY shed and buy corrugated roofing panels, fencing panels etc and light them to get the results you need?

That's what we did for our lighting demos at Focus this year
 
Daryl said:
Have thought of that Gary, but my togs need to carry it to schools for shoots....

The thinner marterial may roll up though I'm guessing?
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Hmm... Maybe the shiny transparent ones may roll up, but I'm guessing that you don't want shiny. And I'm guessing that if you sprayed them with paint it wouldn't last long.

Back to square one:'(
 
This company i've used before for exhibition fabrics. I know they used to do brick and corrugated metal fabrics, but i'm not sure if they are still in their range. Might be worth contacting them.
http://www.bbrown.co.uk/Home
 
Or you could just buy a disc of .tiff backgrounds and do it in Photoshop - £15 should get you about 100! Alternatively, photograph some graffiti yourself as a digital backdrop - seems to be plenty about these days.

Paul
 
Daryl lives in a posh area, even the graffiti is spelt properly (or is it spelled?).
 
Just my opinion but getting it right in camera applies to the background too. Unless you are shooting green screen with top line software to do the work you are making life very tricky for yourself by going the digital route.
 
Al Brum said:
Just my opinion but getting it right in camera applies to the background too. Unless you are shooting green screen with top line software to do the work you are making life very tricky for yourself by going the digital route.
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Oh, I don't know about that, I've just given it a go for the first time and got something not great but very reasonable in under 5 minutes, so if I was to take my time I feel I could get much better results. I only have Elements so can't cut across pixels as you could in the full version of Photoshop - but my first 'quick-n-dirty attempt was really rushed and not done at high magnification, just to try out the process.

Paul
 
paul williams said:
Oh, I don't know about that, I've just given it a go for the first time and got something not great but very reasonable in under 5 minutes, so if I was to take my time I feel I could get much better results. I only have Elements so can't cut across pixels as you could in the full version of Photoshop - but my first 'quick-n-dirty attempt was really rushed and not done at high magnification, just to try out the process.

Paul
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With all respect, and I mean this in the nicest possible way, if you have nothing better to do than spend LOTS of time at the computer doing that to all your favourite shots then you crack on. personally, I'd rather spend a few quid on a good backdrop and my time with my family or down the pub!
 
Well personally I'll use both approaches and pass on p#ssing my money away down the pub. I actually don't like spending time on Photoshop - much sooner be taking pictures, but every now and again it will be simpler to use Photoshop than a backdrop. As I say, if I can get a decent result in a few minutes, 15 minutes on a shot now and then won't be problematical. As for spending LOTS of time at the computer, well that's something I do late at night (or early in the morning) to wind-down.

Paul
 
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