Damien Symonds

Happy new year, @NancyA. When will I get to see some more of your photos?

I think, with extraordinary patience, it could be done. Some of it would be Advanced Levels, but unfortunately that wouldn't do all of it - there would be some incredibly painstaking hair replacement required to. It would be a job of hours and hours.

So they claim it can be done, then?

Sorry, I think my question came out wrong. I mean, is it a requirement of the class that you remove the fence? Is this an image which was supplied by the class?

Is it a requirement of the class that you do so?

This is the most important advice from me: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/09/extract-then-copy-vs-copy-then-extract.html Also this: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/07/blue-or-green-screen-for-background.html

@Falon, do you have any advice to get Rahul started?

Season's greetings, @Kate00. I hope I'll get to see lots and lots of your photos in the new year?

It's nonsense, of course. It's made a simple fix WAY too complicated.

Oh gee. The coloured glare (like blue or green) is fairly easy to fix, but colourless glare is much harder. I don't have any quick or clever fixes, sorry. What you've done here looks good.

Yes, this is really widespread misinformation, I'm afraid.

WHEN YOU EDIT OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not sure, sorry, I have strip lights.

I've moved this into Brian's area, because I have NFI.

So there's not anything in particular that changed that you can put your finger on? Are you sure it wasn't just one bad batch of prints?

Can you remind me why this has become an issue all of a sudden? What changed recently?

You can go below 70 if that's what it takes to match the prints, but it means that your room is too dim.

Well, it's worth trying.

What are you choosing on this screen? https://www.damiensymonds.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SXP04-1024x549.png

In what way does the screen differ from the prints now?

Perfect! Now just below that layer add a white "Solid Color" layer, then invert its mask, then carefully paint it on over the overhanging parts of the photos.

No, the black on white one is fine. Can you move that layer to the very top of the layer pile, then change its blend mode from "Normal" to "Multiply" then show me another screenshot?

Done.

Ah, fantastic. From what I can see, the Mickey Mouse layer is just a black outline on a white background, is that correct?

@Jamie Hogerheide did you browse the other threads before posting this? This question has been asked a LOT, and Brian has answered it a LOT.