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NOTE: This feature is available in the Professional and Enterprise versions of Stratus Desktop. |
Do you photograph clients with a green/blue screen in order to swap in various backgrounds? Stratus can help you do just that.
Using Green Screen/Chroma Key #
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Select a session on the Workflow hub.
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Click on a preview image with a green/blue screen. Tip: Shift-click to select all images with a chroma key to edit all of them at once.
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On the ribbon, click on the arrow under Retouch and select Edit Chroma Key Image.
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The software will convert the hi-res JPG(s) to hi-res PNG(s) and save in the “Retouched” image folder.
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The image(s) will open in Photoshop.
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Eliminate the green background manually (or with an optional chroma key plug-in).
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Save image(s) as PNG file(s) with a transparent background.
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In the Stratus editing window, check the green checkmark for each finished image.
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The preview(s) in Stratus will automatically be refreshed and displayed with a transparent background.
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Use your prebuilt background templates to create one or more options for the client.
Creating Background Templates #
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Create a new composite template. See also: Designing Composite Templates
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Add a background image to the Background layer. Tip: You can have multiple backgrounds in one template by using the Layer Selections property.
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Resize the drop zone to fill the template.
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Change the fill color of the drop zone to transparent (0,255,255,255). This allows the background to show in the template thumbnail.
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Save the template.