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Batch image edit needed!

libraryman — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:16:53 -0800

I am looking for a site/service/person who can batch edit the background out of 125 images and swap in a blue screen background. Any ideas? -The pictures are of ppl (from the waist up) holding a piece of 81/2X11 sheet of paper. -The background is a neutral textured wall, that blends pretty well with some of the clothes ppl are wearing. :( -Here is a link to three samples sample 1 sample 2 sample 3 -This is for a library centric music video project I am working on.
-Paying for this out of pocket, but I'm willing to pay for help!
-May have one or two other similar projects if this one works out well.

Basic image editing question

SouthCNorthNY — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:17:54 -0800

Basic image editing question How do you stretch text and images in photoshop? I'm sure this is an easy question, but I don't have the software yet, and I want to hit the ground running. Please look at the attached image to see what I'm talking about. Thanks in advance.

http://www.photodump.com/zxcvbnmnn/2a5d2b57d49a0798.bmp.html

Image editing to change colored lines to a black and white pattern

storybored — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:51:27 -0800

I have a line graph with the lines in color. I want to reprint it in a black and white publication. What's the fastest and easiest way to edit the lines in the graph to change them from color to a readable black and white pattern (e.g. dots, dashes). Here is the color image: http://dshort.com/charts/bears/four-bears-large.gif

So for example, I would like to replace the blue line labelled "current bear" with a black and white patterned line of (e.g.) dots.

The one clumsy way I could think of is to sample the blue color and change it to black then use an eraser tool to break up the black line into a pattern. Ugh.

Automator-filter: Help me redact!

rabbitsnake — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:47:32 -0800

How do I automate image redaction with Automator? I looked high and low for an automator action to put a white box over a certain part of a TIFF file. I have over 500 images that need to be redacted in the same place. All the image actions I find involve applying filters and other specific menu actions, but I want to draw a box over text in the lower left corner of an image.

If there is a free way to do this otherwise with Windows, Linux or Mac, I am open to suggestions.

How to make pictures look more like cartoons/illustrations?

jxpx777 — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:00:02 -0800

I would like to make some photographs look more like cartoons or illustrations in Fireworks (or Photoshop if necessary). Anyone have some tips on getting this accomplished? I have Fireworks 8 on my machine and access to Photoshop CS2 at school if worse comes to worse. Hi, all. I have been doing web design for a while, and while it is appropriate to use photographs for illustrations sometimes, there are other times when it's simply not a good fit. Does anyone know any good techniques for making a picture less life-like in Fireworks or Photoshop? I use Fireworks primarily, but if it's only possible in PS, I will take a jaunt up to school to do it.

TIA
JP

PhotoBlogging

skryche — Sun, 06 Jun 2004 07:48:58 -0800

I find myself uploading pictures to my blog an awful lot, which means sampling, cropping, resaving, and then uploading. Is there a light program that can do all these things at once? ImageWell looks perfect, but it's Mac-only (I use Windows). What do you recommend?