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New to macro, tips for getting black background

Started 6 months ago | Questions thread
OP Dann-Oh Contributing Member • Posts: 894
Re: New to macro, tips for getting black background

Dik2 wrote:

Black Dress Velvet, and any white cloth. fold the black velvet so it's just a little bit larger than needed to fill the frame for each setup, and put it on a larger piece of white cloth.

The white will put some light on the back edges and separate the subject from the background.

Interesting, Ill have to play with this.

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