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Stop Faking It: How to Actually Change a Background in Photoshop Without It Looking Like a Middle School Collage
Background swapping is one of those Photoshop jobs that sounds simple until you’re three hours deep, your subject looks like they were cut out with safety scissors, and the client is asking for “just a quick update.” I’ve been there more times than I care to admit. The dirty secret is that pulling a clean selection is only half the battle. The part most tutorials skip is making the foreground belong in the new background.