Damien Symonds

Does this look ok? You'll be blown away by how easy it is

Yeah, sorry

They've shafted you badly. PLEASE make this a turning point in your photography life. It's time to start afresh, and begin doing everything properly. https://www.damiensymonds.net/training.html

By the way, never shoot raw+jpeg. There are no upsides, only downsides. Raw only.

Well, this makes one decision easy, at least. All the starting over in the world won't make this a better photo if you don't have a raw file to start over with. You'll need to honestly apologise to the client and tell them the photo isn't of sufficient quality for a banner

Nope

No, that's a jpeg file. Didn't you shoot raw? This just gets worse and worse.

Oh no, this is much worse than I feared. Can you please send me the original raw file that your camera captured? Send it via this link: https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/BellePhotography

Yes, that looks promising, doesn't it?

I can help you with the original question - the flooring. But we'll only be able to do it if you can satisfactorily clone the missing finger parts.

Only the third?? I reckon the thumb and first finger too.

Am I correct in thinking that the fabric is partially obscuring the fingers?

Ah that one's soft, isn't it. You'll have to ditch it.

So, we're coming to the crux of the matter - do you, or do you not, need to re-edit this photo? For that, I'll need to see it. Please show me the photo, and even more importantly, show me a 100% crop of the most in-focus part of it.

This practice is based on the assumption that Graphic Designers, unlike regular members of the public, know how to handle photos for themselves. They can accurately crop and resize them for their exact needs. As it happens, this is largely a false assumption - most graphic designers are complete incompetent nincompoops; however there's a fundamental professional courtesy that requires us to pretend they are competent. Members of the public are, of course, also incompetent nincompoops in matters of digital photo files, but they generally don't pretend to be anything else, and certainly don't try to run graphic design businesses in spite of their incompetence. So no professional courtesy is required - we can wisely provide files that provide the most safety for their needs.

For ALL photos: Never crop or resize during editing. (Or sharpen - you must NEVER sharpening during your editing workflow, ever.) Then, for MOST photos (which are going to members of the public): Crop to 11:15 shape with no resolution when saving the digital files. But, for a FEW photos (which are likely to be used by a graphic designer, like this one is) make the resolution 300ppi, but don't crop or resize in any way. (To change the PPI without resizing, use the Image Size function, and make sure the "Resample Image" checkbox is not checked.)

Again, this does not apply when the file is going to a graphic designer. DO NOT CROP OR RESIZE in any way if the file is going to a graphic designer. Which this one probably is. Confused yet?

The PPI is completely irrelevant for digitals. Completely. The only time it matters is if it's a commercial job, and you are providing the files to a graphic designer. For regular people, it matters not a damn. Correct. Never resize. However, you MUST crop before handing off the digital files. The 11:15 shape is vital. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/02/selling-digital-images.html

Oh God no. You must NEVER do that. Never sacrifice a single precious pixel that your camera captured. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/09/cropping-tutorial.html https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/02/trash-those-jpegs.html

Oh shit! Oh shit shit shit shit shit shit shit! You must NEVER do this. NEVER resize or crop in ANY way before or during (or after) editing.

What happened to the other pixels????

That's about nineteen and a half megapixels. Is that correct for your camera?

Terrific. And what are its pixel dimensions?

Have you seen this thread? Remember that you only need to blacken immediately adjacent to the hair with the Levels layer.

Right.