Comment by Retr0id
3 days ago
Until your comment I didn't realise I'd also read it wrong (despite getting the gist of it). Attempted rephrase of the original sentence:
Imagine history documentaries where they take an old photo, free objects from the background, and then move them round to give the illusion of parallax.
I'd suggest a different verb like "detach" or "unlink".
isolate from the background?
Even better, agreed!
> Imagine history documentaries where they take an old photo, free objects from the background
Even using commas, if you leave the ambiguous “free” I suggest you prefix “objects” with “the” or “any”.
Free objects in the background.
No, free objects in the foreground, from the background.