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How do you construct the background image that replaces the ball?
by corbinpage 11y ago
How do you construct the background image that replaces the ball?
- rwc 11y agoSuspect they used Photoshop Content Aware Fill. http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/content-aware-fill-cs5/ http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/content-awa...
- _alastair 11y agoThat's the work of Sam Manchester, deputy editor on the Sports desk and chief Photoshop wizard. I believe most of it is just cloning different parts of the photo to cover up the ball, though it can get more complex. For example, on the 4th photo of this previous round: http://projects.nytimes.com/interactive/sports/worldcup/spot-the-ball/2014/06/17 http://projects.nytimes.com/interactive/sports/worldcup/spot... he actually cloned a players face from a different photo and pasted it in to cover up the ball. I have no idea how he does it so well.
- taternuts 11y agoI was wondering how he did that one!!! Part of my thinking was that you'd choose pictures that had the ball in an easy to photoshop location, and that threw me off
- _alastair 11y agoI think he enjoys a challenge. Case in point, the last photo in this set: http://projects.nytimes.com/interactive/sports/worldcup/spot-the-ball/2014/06/19 http://projects.nytimes.com/interactive/sports/worldcup/spot...
- mgkimsal 11y agoMaybe there's a way I just can't find, but it would be handy to be able to toggle everything 'off' again to get back to the original ball-less image.
- BillTheCat 11y agoSports photographers also take many shots in rapid succession. I bet you could clone the background from a shot a half second before the one in the article.
- edgall 11y agoIf you look at the third picture, the guy in green is cloned and blended in where the ball is meant to be.