Photoshop_greenscreen

=Greenscreen Giant Exercise = Take a close look at the two photos on the riight. The second one subtley "sells" the illusion better by introducing shadows and reflections.
 * * Open both your "Subject" and "Background" photos
 * Rotate your photos using IMAGE | ROTATE if need be
 * Select the GREEN of your subject photo using the MAGIC WAND TOOL
 * Tolerance 35
 * Turn Contiguous OFF
 * Use the Magic Wand, Lasso, Polygonal lasso and Magnetic Lasso selection tools to "clean up" your selection:
 * To add more pixels to the selection - **Hold SHIFT**
 * To REMOVE pixels from the selection - **Hold the ALT key**
 * Use SELECT | INVERSE to flip the selection to your subject
 * You COULD feather the selection to about 3 pixels at this point to soften the selection || [[image:GreenscreenGiant01.jpg]] ||
 * * Use CTRL-J to "pop" you subject onto a new layer
 * Use the MOVE tool and drag your subject on top of the background
 * Name the new layer appropriately
 * Resize and locate the subject appropriately || [[image:GreenscreenGiant02.jpg]] ||
 * * Add FOREGROUND elements
 * Select elements from the background that you'd like to place in FRONT of your subject and use Ctrl-J to put them in their own layer.
 * Drag that layer above your subject's layer to add realistic immersion || [[image:GreenscreenGiant03.jpg]] ||
 * * Soften the edges as needed:
 * FEATHER DELETE:
 * Ctrl-Click the "layer thumbnail" to select all the pixels in your subject layer
 * SELECT | INVERSE to flip the selection to the (empty) background
 * Use SELECT | FEATHER to soften the border areas
 * Use Ctrl-H to HIDE the selection borders
 * Hit the DELETE key to "eat away" at the fringe pixels
 * BRUSH DELETE
 * Use the ERASER tool
 * Change the settings to BRUSH mode, 30% Opacity, and choose an appropriately sized SOFT brush
 * Erase offending pixels carefully ||  ||
 * ADDING BELIEVABILITY

Hand In: > (Do not use alternate jpgs from the internet - you can "freestyle" your own compositions AFTER you've satisfied the requirements of this exercise)
 * Shadows
 * Observe shadows elsewhere in your background image
 * Create a new layer underneath your "giant" and create a selection (ie an oval) that "pancakes" believably along the ground like a shadow should
 * Fill in the selection with black - deselect if necessary
 * Reflections || [[image:Greenscreen-Giant-shadows.jpg]] ||
 * A JPG of the Greenscreen Giant using the photos provided

Evaluation
 * The realism of the SELECTION and FEATHERING:
 * The "cleanliness" of selection borders - no jaggies, divots or "noisy" selections
 * The elimination of green borders around your subject
 * The BELIEVABILITY of the composition:
 * Foreground and background display matching angles
 * Lighting of subject and background match