Damien Symonds

A lot of time, I'm afraid

Okay, I started with a Hue/Saturation layer, with the "Colorize" box checked, and values: 230/25/0. I masked that to the whole area, and allowed it to blend into the rest of the dress a little bit. Then I added a Levels layer and clipped it to the Hue/Sat layer, and on the RGB channel I moved the white Output slider in to 120. (The Output sliders are the ones touching the gradient, not the ones touching the histogram). Then started very carefully masking that layer onto the fabric. I varied the brush opacity a lot, as needed . Allow plenty of time for this.

Perhaps this?

Also, can you confirm you're in the right colour space? https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

Great, thanks. Oh, can you tell me which version of Photoshop you have?

Cool. May I have a closer view of the area?

Hi @Leeba, it should be simple enough. Do you want to include the top section of her chest as well?

The "c" stands for "compressed". From everything I read, there's no noticeable harm in using the cRaw setting. So if you find yourself wishing for smaller raw files, go for it.

The same method. Duplicate the Background layer. Make a lasso selection around the people Edit>Fill, and fill with Content Aware. Gaussian blur it. Mask it. Link the noise layer.

Normally 8-bit is fine, yes. But in this particular case, 16 is necessary.

Oh, and make sure you process the files in 16-bit, not 8-bit.

The method I explained step-by-step in this thread should work fine. However, it's CRUCIAL that you do your raw processing properly first. By "properly" I mean there must be no noise at all in the photo. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/07/raw-noise-removal.html

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/10/shift-while-brushing.html

Look, I don't know what you want me to say. If you want a black background on your photo, then PUT a black background on your photo. Add a black Solid Color layer, and mask it on. There's no mystery to it. But you'll have to sacrifice all the hair and whiskers that make it look authentic with a light background.

Not one of them is backlit.

Give me a break. Not a single one of these photos was taken in a field.

Dafuq?

Something like this, I figure?

Thank God. Okay, go ahead and do your raw processing on your photo, then post it so we can discuss.

Look, I have to go out soon. Can we PLEASE just fast-forward to the part where you acknowledge that the photo you're looking for doesn't exist, so we can get on with the sensible work of adding a light-coloured background to your horse photo?

You really truly think that this photo was taken in front of a bright sunny field like yours was, and then the dark background was added later?

Yay! Found one. Can you tell me what gives you reason to think that this photo was taken outdoors like yours was?

That's sidelit. You're getting closer. But still not backlit like yours.

Nope. Still frontlit.

Well? Have you found a suitable example photo for us to work with yet?