Cindy Young

I started over because it still wouldn't mask correctly.  Now, is there some way to make Chase's hair not so transparent?  I may be getting picky.

Something's not working.  After I copy and paste some of the blanket above the other layers and set it to Screen mode, and I added an inverted mask (I just assumed I was to do that), that dreaded area just above the blanket will not show the newly added blanket.  I going to sleep on this (10:50 pm here in Texas).  I'll work on it tomorrow and maybe will see your solution when I wake up! Thanks for all the help so far!    

OK, and so I trudge on….

OK, then the white above the edges of the blanket is OK?  That will be covered up with added blanket?

Let's see if I did this right--when you said to add a black Solid Color layer, do I go to Layer>New Fill Layer>Solid Color?  It DID turn the background black except close to the blanket/head. Should I start over?

No, but it may be that that part of the photo is already black and white (curtains, bricks, etc.)  It did turn the blanket a little bit gray.

No, but I will start over.

Damien, after I do the monochrome, 50/50/0 and invert the mask, is there something else I need to do--because when I go to paint all over the background, nothing happens.  Was I to change the mode to darken or something?

I found out where I should put the second set of numbers….my layers screen was not fully displayed!  What more should I do to this one?

How do I enter the second set of numbers in the levels layer?  Sorry I'm so dense. 

OK, I admit I have not finished reading the new RAW class.  Are the second set of numbers in the levels layer above explained there?

Thank you very, very much.  I will be working on this during commercials of OUR SPURS game!!  

You are so talented!  I hope I can do the same after I get the screenshot and steps.  Afterwards, would I cool (heaven forbid!) his face a bit with a photo filter?

I am seeking help in extending the background behind this baby's hair.  I tried it by following the sky replacement tutorial, but when I masked on the hair, the original background came through.  If you could point me to a tutorial which would help, I'd be very thankful.

Wow!!  You made my day, D!  Thank you!

Do you think it is canvas-worthy?  Would you up the saturation of the sky?

Is this a plausible sky replacement?  I wanted to get a photo of the sunset behind the bluebonnets in the field, but I did not wait long enough.  On the way out of the area, we pulled over and I took a photo of the actual sunset which I used as the sky replacement.  I was using your sky replacement tutorial, but I got lost at: "So in this example I’ve masked on a white Solid Color layer to get rid of the remaining detail."  I did not know how you did that, so I used Levels to blow out the sky.  I would like this composite to be canvas-worthy, but I'm almost positive it isn't there, yet.  I would also like the sunset to have more saturation, but I'm not sure that would be plausible, either.

Thanks, Brian. I could do that. I do have Firefox. 

I need to update my Safari browser, but I don't want to update my OS X (Version 10.8.5) because I do not want issues with Photoshop.  Is it possible to update Safari by itself?  If so, how do I do it?

Yes.  Now you are making me concerned.  I did prepare it according to your canvas wrap tutorial.   Just when do you crop it with the 150ppi?

I am working on a canvas.  Just when do I crop it to 16x20 with 150ppi?  I did this at the very end with 9 as my Quality.  The file is now 1.3 MB.  Does this seem large enough for a 16x20 canvas?  The pixel dimensions are 2400x3000.

How do you do that?  It was perfect!!  Thank you!