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Hello again, in this tutorial we will learn how to do amazing backgrounds for almost anything. I'll show you a series of techniques I used to achieve an amazing background.
End result:
Score: 6.86 / 10
Credits earned for writing this tutorial: 
800 ($8)
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step 1
First we selct the image on wich we want to apply make the ackground, i chooose this parrot.
step 2
Duplicatehe layer and use the select tool to separete the parrot from the background
step 3
press Shift + Ctrl + i or on the menu Select / Inverse
step 4
Delete the backgound and duplicate the background copy layer again
step 5
create a new layer just above the background one and fill it with a light blue, i used #abd3df
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comments on this tutorial:
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cool tutorial (267 days ago)
I really like tha way tha colors came out in tha end result (261 days ago)
Very cool effect, i like it a lot! thank you for share (252 days ago)
next time try giving the actual image that's being used because this does not come out anything like this when you use a different parrot image (249 days ago)
(268 days ago)