Suggestions on how to change the background color in an image?

I'm curious -- I'll give it a whirl.

Whoa -- a 640 MB program file? Does it make sandwiches?

Added: and, hands-down, the least useful intro video I've ever seen. Not a good start.

Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger

... and a brilliant finish!

Works well, seems to be _very_ well implemented.

Instant results:

You can't do anything like that in Aperture (the flower and bee are from my photograph; masked the background and added the new background selected from the included files in less than three minutes, ten if you include watching the UI video, checking the prefs, making a first test stand-alone image, launching Aperture, and confirming that Perfect Mask works as a plug-in). You can do lots of things like that with any pixel editor or graphics program. onOne offers a 30-day trial. Worth a look. I have nothing to compare it too. Imho (fwiw -- first look), slick, useful, easy to use, well-integrated, and well-stocked -- and you pay for all that.

Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger -- parenthetically expanded.

William, if the color in the background is distracting - have you tried to make the background black-and-white?

And then brush in a monochrome color, like I tried here? I found the background in this picture much to vibrant and used the brushes to tone the colours down to nearly black and white: For this kind of brushed adjustment the edge detection option is very helpful.

Regards

Léonie

Cupertino sure doesn't skimp when it comes to keeping those beta-testers in line 😁 .

Well-done treatment and excellent suggestion.

Thanks for the compliment Kirby -

but - wow - I am still too impressed by the dramatic effect of your flower picture, to think of any words to describe it - all done in three minutes? 😎

And did you find the answer? " Does it make sandwiches? " 😀

Cheers

Léonie