Removing Backgrounds
Removing the background or backdrop of the picture an object is placed in is known as Background Removal. This can be done in its entirety by removing all of the background completely, or you can merely remove selected parts of the backgrounds that you choose.
The advent of digital photography and its accompanying technologies has made background removal an easy editing fix. Before such capabilities were available, background removal of a photograph was a more difficult process.
It was once done in a darkroom under all of the proper temperature and ambient conditions. The film was watched closely while submerged in a working solution. By overexposing the film to the solution, the background was blurred and has a decrease in resolution.
Today, background removal is possible using any digital photo editing software like Image Manipulation Program, GNU, or GIMP. GIMP is a special kind of graphics editing program able to support some types of object-based (or vector) graphics.
It is not necessary that the digital photo editing software used for background removal be able to support all types of object-oriented graphics. The advantage in using GIMP of course, is that it enables easy vector to raster conversion.
Other widely used raster graphics editors and digital photo editors will also work well. Most digital photo editors are equipped with a number of plug-ins which can adjust the background in various ways. Plug-ins are computer programs with specifically dedicated purposes. Most sophisticated photo editing programs use special purpose plug-ins and will execute background editing and removal based on different criteria.
Objects without backgrounds can be utilized in a number of different ways. They can be inserted in front of a new backdrop and in different environments than originally. An example would be to take a horse in a field and change the field to a stable setting. The object can be moved around in any way and its alignment with the new background can also be modified.
It is amazing how versatile an object without a background can become. It maintains all of its properties like size and shape, but gains a flexibility that be capitalized on in its individual use.
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