Damien Symonds

Oh gee, 29GB is miniscule. That's going to be a problem, I reckon. You need to clear some space. Brian has said that a hard drive needs to have 1/3rd free space.

Is there a particular style you're going for? I mean, what's taking the time?

No, DEFINITELY not. It's gradients. https://www.damiensymonds.net/preventing-banding-in-backdrops/

How did you go, did you try it?

Oh yeah, it'll be the easier one, eh?

I can't open rar files. Please just upload it normally.

For.the.love.of.God.can.you.show.me.what.you're.working.on.

When you're masking the end result around a subject. But you're not doing that in this case, right? You're just creating a whole fake wall?

I trust you've read this, and watched the video? https://www.damiensymonds.net/preventing-banding-in-backdrops/

Definitely DON'T use gradients on the masks. The masks must remain all white. Use as many gradient layers as you need. Maybe you'll wish to put them on a blend mode, such as "Multiply" or "Screen", but in some cases "Normal" mode will be fine. Make sure you make good use of transparency in the gradients. I want to help you more, I really do, but I need to see what you have in mind. DO NOT USE MASKS. I can't stress this enough.

I need more context. What are you trying to create, exactly?

Are there supposed to be images? I can't see any.

What a strange one. I guess it'll have to do.

If you could do this for him, that would be great.

I'll move this post into the Ask Brian section.

I'd hoped for a quick fix. Sometimes the Dust & Scratches filter is great for this. But for this one, I'm afraid it'll have to be a job for the Spot Healing Brush tool.

Yep.

This isn't perfect, but should be adequate: Download PSD

I hope so too. Let's see a 100% crop of it.

I don't know about the white one, but the orange one will have to go, surely?

No, no rule broken.

Please don't start any Levels work yourself. I need to talk to you about the starting steps. Just post this edit, as is, in the Levels Class.

Good. Now let's Levels this sucker.

What clone work is left to do? It seems you've done a pretty comprehensive job to me.

Download the PSD