Creating overlay with PhotoDirector 7 for use in PD16

Ian26

Senior Member Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Joined: May 17, 2014 08:08 Messages: 188 Offline

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Jan 22, 2018 08:31

Hi there,

I need some help. I am creating videos of my model railway layout and I want to create an overlay for use in PD16. I will be using image/s of locomotive cab views. (see attached image). I need to erase the background view and retain the layout of the loco outline.

How do I go about this? Is there a tutorial available on how to do this?

Thanks in advance.


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IanB
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PIX

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 21, 2011 00:02 Messages: 2910 Offline

Jan 22, 2018 13:26

Hello Ian,

Welcome to the PhotoDirector forum

Using the background removal tool in PhD is not difficult, though it can be temperamental when images are not clear. Lower resolution photos are not good ones to use for practice.

In the exercise above, I first cropped off the black letterboxed areas.

Once the edited image is saved to .png format, transparency is maintained and it can be used as an overlay in PDR or PhD.

Also, if your PhD7 has a Layers module (Ultra) you'll be able to remove the background using magic wand and other tools available.

PIX

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Ian26

Senior Member Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Joined: May 17, 2014 08:08 Messages: 188 Offline

Jan 22, 2018 20:32

Hi Pix,

Thank you for your reply. I will give it a try later today. IanB
PowerDirector Ultimate 18.0.3801.0 (64bit)
Dell XPS 8700, Win 8.1
4th generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 processor (6M Cache, up to 3.4 GHz)
Nividia GeForce 720 Version 372.54 GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz (4GB x 2)
2 x 1TB 7200RPM SATA Hard D