Placing Object On White Background In PP

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I’ve been roped into doing a bit of product photography for a mate who was dropped in it last minute by his usual photographer.

He wants the products against a white background – the issue is that it’s industrial machinery and therefore couldn’t be moved out of situ. I’ve taken the pictures and now the idea is to cut out the products in Photoshop and place them against a white background.

This is a little bit out of my comfort zone, I’ve selected the outline with the pen tool……and now I’m stuck. I’ve watched a few YouTube tutorials but haven’t really been able to grasp it.

Can anyone give me a quick run through of the easiest way to do this?

Thanks in advance.
 
juggler said:
Easiest & quickest: http://www.clipping-path-asia.com/
Never used them but plenty of pros do; their reputation is that they are good, cheap & fast.
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Yeah that's a good shout but might be a bit overkill for the three images I need processing.

It's always something I've meant to learn how to do as well so now's as good a time as any :)
 
Use the path you've made and turn it into a selection (convert parh to selection is one of the buttons on the paths palette), invert the selection (so you have the background selected) and delete it, now save that as a psd and when you have your white background drag and drop your psd on top, instant white background.
Note sometimes adding a shadow make it look more convincing.
 
swanseamale47 said:
Use the path you've made and turn it into a selection (convert parh to selection is one of the buttons on the paths palette), invert the selection (so you have the background selected) and delete it, now save that as a psd and when you have your white background drag and drop your psd on top, instant white background.
Note sometimes adding a shadow make it look more convincing.
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Brilliant, just what I was after - I'll get on it tonight. Creating curved paths with the pen tool takes a bit of practice!!

I'll add a faint drop shadow to the finished article too.
 
Another trick is to CTRL click on your maching layer to create a selection, add a new layer and fill the selection with black, drag it below your machine thingy layer and use free transform to "drag" it out as a shadow, ajust the layer opacity to suit.
 
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