No Green Screen?

No problem!

Using Pixlr to change image backgrounds

Ashley J. Cooksey

@AshleyCooksey2

agingerlibrarian.blogspot.com

Go to pixlr.com/editor

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Choose “Create New Image”

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Ashley J. Cooksey

@AshleyCooksey2

agingerlibrarian.blogspot.com

Name your new image

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Make sure your size is large enough (I use 1024x768)

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Mark it to be transparent

Ashley J. Cooksey

@AshleyCooksey2

agingerlibrarian.blogspot.com

Open image as layer

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Choose your foreground image (In this case a student headshot)

Ashley J. Cooksey

@AshleyCooksey2

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Choose Wand Tool

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Change Tolerance to 40

(play around to see which tolerance level selects the majority of the area around student)

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Click Background to select then Ctrl X to delete

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Ashley J. Cooksey

@AshleyCooksey2

agingerlibrarian.blogspot.com

Choose the Eraser tool to remove any residual background that the wand didn’t remove.

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Ashley J. Cooksey

@AshleyCooksey2

agingerlibrarian.blogspot.com

Open image as layer

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Choose background image

Ashley J. Cooksey

@AshleyCooksey2

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Hide student layer (uncheck box)

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Under Edit, choose Free Transform to resize the background image

(Using an .svg file works best since they don’t pixelate when resized.)

Ashley J. Cooksey

@AshleyCooksey2

agingerlibrarian.blogspot.com

Recheck the student layer

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Choose the Move Tool to move your subject to desired position.

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You may also use the Free Transform Tool to resize if necessary.

Ashley J. Cooksey

@AshleyCooksey2

agingerlibrarian.blogspot.com

Press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E to merge all layers

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Once layers are merged, you can no longer edit the student.

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Save your work!

Ashley J. Cooksey

@AshleyCooksey2

agingerlibrarian.blogspot.com

Ta-da!!!

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No green screen-no problem!

Ashley J. Cooksey

@AshleyCooksey2

agingerlibrarian.blogspot.com