DV Lottery photo background (split and merge)

[syphax 4]

Hello. I need help, I wanna know if it's okay to change the background photo into white , in the photo that i'm going to use in US DV Lottery ? Also i wanna know if someon did that and has been selected in dv lottery without any problem. Thank you

Edited October 21, 2018 by Penguin_ie

[syphax 4]

Please, I wanna know if it's okay to change the background ( only the background ) into white by using photoshop ? 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

They specifically tell you not to digitally alter the image so, no. Find a light colored wall to stand in front of. 

Edited October 21, 2018 by SusieQQQ

[geowrian 22,337]

Well technically the wording is not to alter your appearance. But I think the spirit of this is that you are permitted to crop photos and such, which is technically an alteration, but not change any content on it. They list removing red eye as an example - you can do so in the camera settings but not via a tool once captured/transferred.

Edited October 21, 2018 by geowrian

[Mohd_NazmiSaeed 7]

9 hours ago, syphax said:

Please, I wanna know if it's okay to change the background ( only the background ) into white by using photoshop ? 

I think no worries about that BUT

since it is a kid, play it safe and keep the usual white background or the off white color

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

The way I look at this is, you can play around with what you think they might really mean, or you can just take a photo the way they want, which really isn’t difficult, and have peace of mind. YMMV. 

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

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[Mohd_NazmiSaeed 7]

On 10/21/2018 at 4:13 PM, SusieQQQ said:

They specifically tell you not to digitally alter the image so, no. Find a light colored wall to stand in front of. 

Well what i konw it is not allowed to Alter the image that affect the appearance  [such age hair, skin color ... ETC]

 

all the people when they apply for the visa they take their photos at the photo shop with green background, then changing the green into any colour [white or off white]

 

 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

37 minutes ago, Mohd_NazmiSaeed said:

 

 

all the people when they apply for the visa they take their photos at the photo shop with green background, then changing the green into any colour [white or off white]

 

 

Huh? All the people where? Every photograph I’ve had professionally at a photo shop taken for any US visa, and there have been a few over the years,  has been against a white backdrop.

 

i really don’t understand why people spend all this time stressing over stuff rather than just following instructions.  I guess if you want to take a chance that’s fine, but we have seen people denied for photo reasons. It’s rare, but it happens, I guess if people want to take that risk rather than just doing what they should it’s their choice. Honestly, I’m not bothering with this conversation any longer, chances are so low of being selected anyway you’d think someone would want to not make them worse, if they get selected they’ll start stressing all over again for months on end, i don’t see the point in this approach at all.

 

 

Edited October 27, 2018 by SusieQQQ