Green Screen

[Sneak69]

Hi there,

Im a noob when it comes to photo editing, just starting out with Xara, and I have no clue how to edit a green screen in this software. I looked online and could not find anything on this subject.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

[gwpriester]

Welcome to TalkGraphics

What are you trying to accomplish?

Xara is basically a vector drawing application with some bitmap editing features. But the method for doing things like dropping out a background is different.

[Sneak69]

Trying to take photos of furniture with green screen then swapping out the background to make the pieces stand out.

[ss-kalm]

Look at the BACKGROUND ERASE video ... HELP > MOVIES > THE PHOTO TOOL > BACKGROUND ERASE. It will work perfectly with green screen photographs.

[Sneak69]

Awesome thank you so much! Just one more question how would I add a backdrop to the photo? (sorry I just bought this software and I am just starting out.)

[gwpriester]

I would use the newer Select Colors to Enhance tool (on the Photo Tool Infobar at the top right area of the screen). This featur is available in Photo & Graphic Designer.

Select the photo, select the Select Colors to Enhance tool and click on the green.

There are sliders for Tolerance and Fade. Each time you move one of these sliders you see a real time preview of what is being effected.

When you are done right click on the red dot and select Make Transparent.

In my example, I have added a gradient background.