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Press "Control F5" to get the most current page! Digital Background Tips Digital Photography Learn Photography New Canon 50D Video New Nikon D90 Video Nikon D300 Video Testimonials "Thank you for the tutorials. They were very helpful. In fact, I have gotten so good now that Walgreen's stopped printing my photographs saying that they look too professional and I need a photographer's release form." ~A.K. "....As somebody striving to become a self-employed digital photographer, ...I found this to be a perfect alternative, with some stunning results."   ~B Moir "I had to write to say how great the videos are!!!...Oh boy, do you make extractions easy! Thank you! I think your way is much smarter than chromakey, it avoids all the yucky green reflections & spill on the model that make them look sick." ~Elizabeth P "The tutorial on extracting an image including wispy hair is awesome! I have asked three "pros" how this can be done. I was told, respectively "It's very difficult"; "That's a job for graphic designers"; and finally "You can do it, but you'll have to buy a graphics tablet and it will take you hours". ~Ken Byrne, Melbourne, Australia   "I just purchased your tutorials a few days ago and just had to share this story with you. I have enclosed my "success" picture for you to see.  It is my first attempt at using your techniques to extract a subject from a background. (As you can see, the female has the wispy hair which is so very troublesome.) Anyway, when I got done with the photo, I uploaded it (along with a few others I did) to a local Walgreen's, as I was anxious to see how they looked printed off. About fifteen minutes after I did so, they called me to tell me that they could not print my photos off because they were PROFESSIONAL!!!! I was so flattered, but explained that I had done the pictures in Photoshop. The woman on the phone with doubt in her voice said, "Photoshop?"  Then she proceeded to tell me that I would have to sign a waiver saying that they were not PROFESSIONAL photos. I just want to THANK YOU again for helping someone like me learn such valuable techniques. They really work!  I hope you will share more of your knowledge with us in the future.  I really enjoy the way you explain yourself in your tutorials so easily! You're the BEST!!!! Thanks again." ~Gloria P. "I am a bilingual social studies teacher and I take pictures as a hobby. I take hundreds of photos all over the High School where I work. You see I kind of help with the yearbook. I had been working with backdrops but was stuck with the hair problem. Some of my students would complain because I was cutting their hair or redoing it....cause I couldn't find a way to fix it. You came just in time to remedy my problem and I personally want to thank you for making things very and I mean very easy to follow on your tutorials ...specially the hair. Ha-ha! I had to laugh. I hope to someday be able to teach the basics and who knows perhaps and intermediate class for my high school students. By the way they love the penciling effect photos and they can't believe when I tell them how easy it is to do. Of course thanks to YOU! Now I have all my wall, in school, full of photos and I mean gooood looking portraits. I wish you the best and hope you can come up with more of your excellent tutorials. Please let me know as soon as something else comes up. I will be your number one customer. By the way, now I am truly beginning to pay more attention to PHOTOSHOP...I used to be very aggravated with it. I'm dedicating about 2 or 3 hours per day to it. I can at least see a finished product now!!!"   ~F Montes "I just used the information found in your e-book, "How To Make Your Own Digital Backgrounds" for the first time. Wow! This is the exact tool I have been looking for at just the right time. I have been doing portrait photography (amateur) for many years now, and am learning to use Photoshop 7. I have many portraits whose backgrounds just didn't look right. With your information, I am now able to construct perfect backgrounds for all my digital photos. Many thanks for the e-book. It is well worth the purchase price!" ~K McIntire "You're right it took me less than five minutes to go through the process. I am new to digital imaging especially using Photoshop so a step by step procedure (meaning what key to press) is really helpful. The procedure is concise and to the point. It doesn't stray like other procedural books that I have read." ~R Racelis "First of all let me say what a fantastic video, a very informative film with very clear and precise instructions so even a novice Photoshop user like me had no trouble hiding it. I had seen the extract method before but your explanation as you carried out the task and