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White background with Capture One
How do you do it? I'm still using Capture One 12, and it works great! 1. Use the color readout to see if the background is really 255 (chances are it is not, or you'd be flaring your subject) 2. Note the falloff towards the edges of your background. 3. Make a new filled layer. 4. Move the top-right point of the curve to the left, bringing all points of the...
White background in Photoshop
How do you do it? Here is one my workflows. Color space is important, but we need to take extra care switching from one software to another (our camera is using software, so how many are considering that too?) 1. Use the color readout in Capture One to see if background is 255 white. If not, and I need to go to Photoshop, then I right click "edit with"...
Who's in the Crew? - Spotlight on Chris Marxen
NAME: Chris Marxen WEBSITE https://headshots-berlin.de/en/ CREW PROFILE https://headshotcrew.com/actorsheadshotsberlin INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/chris_marxen/ YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2zNxxa05dGk6O4M… FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/chrismarxenheadshotfotog… LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-marxen-22a8837b/...
Flex Dimmer not turning on
I just set up my new Flex Kit to use for the second time but one of the dimmers won’t power on at all. I’ve tried different power cords but it won’t turn on. Any tips? Contact at Westcott to help?
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ROI for $25/month
I was one of them. I'll admit it. When @Garrett Buckley approached me and said I needed to join the crew I was like "OK, but how much will it really be worth for $25/month?" This was in November 2019. Sometime around March @Peter Hurley challenged everyone to make a goal for the year. I figured with a pandemic, having never done much in marketing and not...