White background (Page 2): Look at the cover design. The 'rugged parts' are the grip.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

canon Lee wrote:

Wouldn't it have been easier to use the "pen" tool and cut and past it to a white background? The crop looks rugged.

Look at the cover design. The 'rugged parts' are the grip.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

A quick answer for cases that don't have blue or purple in them is to select blue then purple in the HSL section and put Luminance fully up and saturation fully down for both colours.

The cases should all have fairly sharp outlines so it shouldn't be too difficult to select the area surrounding the cases. A brush with Auto Masking should find it easy to work to an edge like that. Your editor should allow you to do WB adjustments on selected areas, or it may be simpler to just reduce saturation to zero and perhaps adjust brightness if necessary.

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Luminance up, saturation down for blue and purple in the HSL section.

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silver Loc: Santa Monica Ca.

mlj wrote:

I am taking photos of cell phone cases with my D7000. I am using a white background. However, the results show a background that is blueish (sp?). I am editing using Photoshop Elements 15. I have tried the same kind of photographs with cell phones and get the same results. Is there a simple way to get my background white? Any advice is appreciated.

Your problem is making these images in the shade. Color temperature in the shade will be blue.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

mlj wrote:

I am taking photos of cell phone cases with my D7000. I am using a white background. However, the results show a background that is blueish (sp?). I am editing using Photoshop Elements 15. I have tried the same kind of photographs with cell phones and get the same results. Is there a simple way to get my background white? Any advice is appreciated.

Use the white balance tool in post, or get a grey card and set a custom white balance in your camera so that all the pictures you take in those lighting conditions will have the proper white balance.

pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

mlj wrote:

I am taking photos of cell phone cases with my D7000. I am using a white background. However, the results show a background that is blueish (sp?). I am editing using Photoshop Elements 15. I have tried the same kind of photographs with cell phones and get the same results. Is there a simple way to get my background white? Any advice is appreciated.

A simple brush to the white - Done!

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speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

mlj wrote:

I am taking photos of cell phone cases with my D7000. I am using a white background. However, the results show a background that is blueish (sp?). I am editing using Photoshop Elements 15. I have tried the same kind of photographs with cell phones and get the same results. Is there a simple way to get my background white? Any advice is appreciated.

Just place the subject on its own white backround layer (in the program)!

TheDman Loc: USA

mlj wrote:

I am taking photos of cell phone cases with my D7000. I am using a white background. However, the results show a background that is blueish (sp?). I am editing using Photoshop Elements 15. I have tried the same kind of photographs with cell phones and get the same results. Is there a simple way to get my background white? Any advice is appreciated.

Quick and dirty - open in Lightroom or ACR, go to the HSL sliders and drop the blue saturation all the way down.

sujoncps Loc: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tom Daniels wrote:

If is a white balance issue. White isn't white depending on what light is reflected into it.
Post processing is the answer. You can whiten up in Photoshop etc.

I much appreciate it. But there is something you could try before you press your shutter and, making the post processing journey easier.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-color-to-shoot-on-for-product-photography-if-you-want-to-change-the-background-color-easily-and-to-multiple-different-colors/answer/Md-Bakhtiar-Uddin-1

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

mlj wrote:

I am taking photos of cell phone cases with my D7000. I am using a white background. However, the results show a background that is blueish (sp?). I am editing using Photoshop Elements 15. I have tried the same kind of photographs with cell phones and get the same results. Is there a simple way to get my background white? Any advice is appreciated.

Try shooting the background alone. If still "blue" adjust white balance as suggested above. What kind of lighting do use? It might be a metering problem. Try metering from an 18% neutral grey card

mlj Loc: Anderson, SC

Thanks for the reply. I was using a lightbox with LED lighting. I took the photos again outdoors on a white background and there was still a blue tint. I was in the shade and had set my white balance accordingly. A UHH member sent me information regarding replacing the background with a true white background and I did that. Great little simple process!