Damien Symonds

PLEASE post some more photos in class, Trudy!

There's no way to do it natively, and I've never heard of a plug-in for it.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/simple-dodge-and-burn-tutorial.html

In what way is it not working? May I see a screenshot?

Oh! In the Options Bar, your clone tool must be set to "Sample: Current and below"

Take a look at my file again. See how it really was just two big rectangular chunks of the photo that I copied, then moved and rotated into place? I can see from your layers that you must be trying to carefully select some blanket before copying it. That's wholly unnecessary.

In your screenshot, I can't see a D&B layer or a cloning layer. Are there more layers than could fit in your screenshot?

What wasn't working, exactly? What went wrong?

Hi Danielle, there are some print lab reviews here. Well, for your first prints for calibration, you don't need to worry about the technicalities too much. The most important thing is to confirm your file is in the correct colour space. To do that, follow these instructions. Let me know when you've done that. I urge you not to worry about anything at all for a few hours. Concentrate on reading the Bridge Class. Nothing else matters too much for now.

Gosh, I think it's looking really good! Now it's time to add the cloning layer and clone those corners.

Out of interest, did you also see this tutorial?

One year.

You're welcome. I'm so glad it's sufficient. Yes.

When you use the white eyedropper in Levels, it adjusts each of the three individual channels. Take a look and you'll see what I mean. Pull down the little "RGB" dropdown menu at the top of the Levels window, and examine each of the three channels.

As I said, I hope you will take the Raw Class so I can improve your work, but this will do for now. Obviously the hair is the only tricky part here. So you'd select each little area (don't attempt this until you've read the Levels Class) then add a Levels layer and use the white eyedropper on the background just beside the hair to drop it to white. Download PSD After that, it's a simple matter of adding a white Solid Color layer and masking it around the rest of him. Of course this will take a little time, but as long as you use the Shift Key in the correct manner, it won't be burdensome. The only fiddly part is at the end of the tassles. Unfortunately there's no shortcut for that, it'll just have to be painstaking masking.

The tutorial is specifically written for photos which are taken against a white backdrop. The first paragraph of the tutorial: It doesn't apply to this outdoor photo, sorry.

Yes, as I said, I'm happy to discuss that one. I just need you to do the raw editing first (of course we must never do Photoshop work until the raw work is done) and post it for me.

Sorry, it's impossible to remove it. All I can do is suggest adding a Levels layer for that area, and move the white Output slider on each channel: R223, G192, B190.

Of course the wire will be visible, but it will be thin enough to clone out easily.

It'll be really hard, though. Making a wire foot shape will take a lot of patience.

It'll have to be done with wire. I can't think of any other way.

May I see what your shoes look like?

You just do. It works exactly as demonstrated, I promise. If it's not working, it means you're trying it on an inappropriate photo. That's why I need to see it.

You're welcome. Let me know how you go. And I'd really love it if you could provide a white background photo at some stage, so we can address your original question.

Needless to say, we have no wandered a long way from your original question. The approach for a coloured background is much different from a black or a white one.