How to use digital photography backgrounds & backdrops & chromakey green screen techniques

This is a demonstration teaching step by step, Photoshop techniques for changing backgrounds and adding borders to professional portraits taken on green screen, chroma key, portrait backgrounds. Pamala Newcomb from The Photo Coach and Michael Newcomb Photography, demonstrates the use of her digital backdrops and other graphics with a series of three different portraits and a variety of background and graphics selections.

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• green screen
• chroma key
• photography backgrounds
• digital backgrounds
• photo studio
• photography business
• portrait business
• senior portrait backgrounds
• image editing
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[mlhnikki]

When I add a border, I can't see the layers underneath.

[thephotocoach]

@mlhnikki More than likely you are dragging the background (white layer) over along with the border itself; make sure to open your "layers pallete" and click only on the "border layer" and then drag it over.

[thephotocoach]

I still use Photoshop 6

[hlub2000]

hi there!

Do you use the digital background software program to do it? or just the adobe photoshop only....you didn't tell us which software you are using it. thanks

[thephotocoach]

@hlub2000 I use both Adobe Photoshop 6 and a green screen software.

[mellyrokera]

where can i get those backgrounds & borders?

[thephotocoach]

@mellyrokera thephotocoach (dot) com (It wouldn't let me put in the correct dot (.) which is a period.)

[besamemucho5]

awesome thank you....

[thephotocoach]

@JRBitterman We recommend Photoshop 6 or newer however any photo editing program that uses layers will work. There is a FREE editing program at gimp.org that is very similar to photoshop (and) they have a lot of free tutorials on line for using their program.

[JRBitterman]

I was wondering if this works on any photoshop program I have elements 8.

Thanks in advance for the advice