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Backdrop Simulation

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Why simulate a seamless backdrop in Photoshop when you have the real thing in the original shot? How does one simulate light on paper? Both of these questions will be answered in the first video tutorial. The second video will describe a technique to eliminate banding at all sizes of output, from web banner to trade show banner, kiss your banding goodbye!

Using radial gradients to simulate light on seamless paper

Fix banding at all resolutions

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Jay Hagstrom

This is my "coursework in-progress" for a book about retouching and photorealism. Please feel free to pose any questions you might have about the tutorials in the comments section on post, or contact me directly by clicking ASK JAY at the top of this page. Thanks for any input, I'll really appreciate it!

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