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jmcaverly Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #1 · Volleyball Poster I photographed my daughters volleyball team and would like some C&C on the poster before we finalize it. I enjoyed putting this together with my daughter. She sat down with me and showed me the layout that she would like and picked out some fonts . Please let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions for changes. Thanks Jeff Nov 04, 2009 at 11:51 PM

P Alesse Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #2 · Volleyball Poster I love it. I think if you can add a little perspective floor shadow behind the girls, it will give the poster a little depth and ground the players to a baseline. Otherwise, it rocks! Nov 04, 2009 at 11:55 PM

skyvan Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #3 · Volleyball Poster one thing I think may add some depth to the image would be to add some sort of shadow behind each player...maybe like a little oval of gray or something. I'm not a graphics person but to me it just seems as though something is missing in the background and the girls are floating on air. The other thing, the 2009 seems a little small and hard to differentiate from the background and when compared to Dukes it doesn't look centered though i'm sure it is. Cool shots of the players and good job removing the background btw, that is something I always have trouble with. Nov 04, 2009 at 11:55 PM

teppy1 Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #4 · Volleyball Poster thats a bunch of pretty girls, how can you go wrong? i like it. Nov 04, 2009 at 11:56 PM

danmc Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #5 · Volleyball Poster Get a year on there (oops there is one, just very small here -if the print will be a 20x30 cool) , kern the Vo pair, kind of losing the DUKES on the gradient. Great job on the girls! Nov 05, 2009 at 12:14 AM

Skipper1613 Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #6 · Volleyball Poster Very nice start I'm sure the parents will love the final result. The girls do seem to be floating without any shadow. A quick easy way to add a little depth to it would be to select all of the layers for the girls and use drop shadow. Play with the angle, size and other settings until you get the desired effect. You’ll be amazed how much a little shadow will dramatically improve your poster. The year does need something though I’m not sure what at the moment. Nov 05, 2009 at 12:50 AM

Chris Brinlee Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #7 · Volleyball Poster Here's a few posters that I've done: I thought it might be relevant to share. Feel free to draw inspiration. Nov 05, 2009 at 02:37 AM

Ken May Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #8 · Volleyball Poster Chris: Your VB poster is extremely well done! A++ Nov 05, 2009 at 02:40 AM

jmcaverly Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #9 · Volleyball Poster Thanks for the great advice from everyone. I will work on the suggestions. Paul, Skipper1613, danmc & Skyvan: I am playing with adding the drop shadow. I will also make the year larger. The poster already likes better. Teppy1: I will let pass your comment on to my daughter, she will appreciate it. Chris: Thanks for the samples. I searched the forum earlier for volleyball and found a couple of your posters, great work, really nice. I am working on my lighting skills to make the extractions easier. I shot against white seamless and I did not get my lighting even. It made the extractions less than ideal. I have practiced using a green screen and I need to work on my lighting for that also. I always get a slight green cast on the subject. How set up for your posters? Nov 05, 2009 at 03:08 AM

Tony Brown Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #10 · Volleyball Poster jmcaverly..........for future posters keep this in mind. notice on the right side of your poster all the girls are facing the same way..but the left side is more staggered which makes the balance off. all in all, you did a great job. Nov 05, 2009 at 03:16 AM

Chris Brinlee Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #11 · Volleyball Poster Thanks guys. I shoot on black with cross lighting; then manually extract them (erase around intersecting areas of their bodies after I've arranged them). It's tedious; probably not the most efficient way, but it's clean and gets the job done. Nov 05, 2009 at 03:31 AM

jmcaverly Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #12 · Volleyball Poster Tony... Thanks for the comments. The next time that I do this, I will have a little more experience with it. Chris... Your manual extractions look nice. It does take some time. jeff Nov 05, 2009 at 04:27 AM

pdxammo Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #13 · Volleyball Poster maybe try a light gradient from the base line up just to add some more color? Nov 06, 2009 at 02:36 AM

anarchyjim Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #14 · Volleyball Poster jmcaverly: A few things help lighting for greenscreens: Get the subject about 6' or so away from the background. This will leave them less exposed to light bouncing off the screen and if you're using two front umbrellas, the background will be slightly darker due to light falloff. You generally want the background a 1/2 -full stop darker than the foreground. Also, having a back/hair light can be helpful. Just enough to throw some light on the shoulders where you usually see spill cheers, Jim Tierney Digital Anarchy Nov 09, 2009 at 11:53 PM

jmcaverly Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #15 · Volleyball Poster Jim, Thanks for the tips on the green screen. I will give the backlighting a try for a little more separation. Jeff Nov 10, 2009 at 12:14 AM

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