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It's easy to put text on a monotone background and have it stand out. However, when the background is multi-coloured, it becomes much harder to find a font style that will be easily readable.
The first step is to duplicate the layer so we have a backup. Then choose the Quick Selection Tool (). This tool's toolbar will give you the options of changing the brush size. This tool works by sampling the surrounding pixels when you 'paint' using it, and it will make a selectiion of similar pixels. Use this tools to select the lady in our image - either clicking each section, or clicking and dragging around. You may find it easier to zoom in whilst selecting (Ctrl+, and Ctrl- to zoom out). Also, if we make mistakes, we can use the Subtract from selection option on the toolbar at the top (or simply holding Alt and clicking). Once we are done, we should have something like this:
Great photography subjects are all around us. You don't have to go far to find interesting people, flowers, or wildlife. The real test is to use your skills to create a photo with genuine impact. How do you make your subject really stand out in a photograph? It is tempting, but quite wrong, to blame the camera when your photo doesn't work out the way you want. You need to know right now that a more expensive camera will not automatically make you a better photographer. In truth, the techniques in this article will work for almost any camera. All you need are manual aperture and shutter speed settings, and a decent zoom lens. Here are a few simple tips for adding impact to your subject. Tip #1. Highlight A Brightly Lit Subject Against A Dark Background. If you are shooting a subject in full sunlight, with a shady background, the subject is always going to stand out. This is a simple principle to understand, but it is a little easier said than done. When your photograph has two very different levels of light, the lightmeter in your camera can be confused. It may expose for the dark background, causing your subject to be overexposed. The trick is to expose for the subject. You can't do this on automatic. What you need to do is switch your camera to manual, and adjust the aperture and/or shutter speed settings until the photo is underexposed by one or two stops (according to the lightmeter). When you get the balance right, you should have a dark background and a perfectly exposed subject. Tip #2. Use A Small Depth Of Field To Blur The Background. You have seen plenty of photos where the subject is sharp and clear, but the rest of the picture completely out of focus. You will find this an easy way to add impact to the subject, and a three-dimensional effect to your whole photo. To achieve this, you use a combination of a large lens and a wide aperture. First, zoom in on the subject with your largest magnification. This will naturally reduce the depth of field. Then adjust the aperture to its widest setting. A wide aperture will reduce the depth of field even further. The closer you are to the subject the more pronounced the effect becomes. Tip #3. Use A Wide Angle Lens To Exaggerate Perspective. This technique is almost the opposite of Tip #2. A wide angle lens makes everything in your photo appear much smaller, so objects in the distance seem much further away than they really are. Meanwhile, you can stand very close to a subject in the foreground (a person, a...
So download this image of a machine part and open it in photoshop