Damien Symonds

Something like this, perhaps?

Hi KEP, can you tell me about the destination for these photos? Will they be used in a catalogue, or on a website, or something like that?

May I see? Did you create the watermark file yourself? This makes me very nervous. I know you've since turned the "Save for web" step off, but the fact that your Save for web dialog is set to PNG is potentially very bad. http://www.damiensymonds.net/png-file-format

Gosh yes, these can be gorgeous. But I'm so sorry, I can't tell you how here. The Raw Class will change your life, I promise.

Ok, that looks more promising. Did you try ACR's chromatic aberration removal function? (In the Lens Correction tab). Also, I just noticed that the people photo has been cropped. Can you post the non-cropped version?

Hi Tomas, In case you haven't already found them, the calibration instructions are here. Before you calibrate, though, you have to choose a professional print lab. Have you chosen a good one in your country? Regarding software, the first step is to get rid of Lightroom.

I think their skin is a little too saturated for the scene. Otherwise, yes, it'll pass.

That's the way. Good stuff.

Too subtle, I think. Give it a bit more.

Are you familiar with the Mask feature in Liquify? That will be the key here. Masking off the face, so you can gently nudge the saggy part upwards without messing with the good jaw line, or anything else.

I can't see the edge!

The article shows the use of the white eyedropper, but you'd use the black one in this case.

Use this method instead.

Well, post in the Raw Class so we can discuss.

This will work fine. You just need to zoom in and be MUCH more precise with your masking around her. Make sure you do your raw processing properly on both photos first, though.

Can you show me your best attempt, so I understand what you have in mind, exactly?

Go to the Layers panel submenu at the top right corner, and choose 'Panel Options'. Your thumbnails are currently set to "No Thumbnail". Choose a larger size.

Download the PSD file

Of course not. It's tiny web-sized, it's useless to you.

Gosh, it would be a heck of a lot easier if we could discuss this in the Raw Class. I'm so sad you let that lapse. Consider what you need to do to make the tree trunks match better still.

Ok, great! So, go ahead and process the raw file of that one. Make it as light as you possibly can, while still retaining visible detail. Try to get the tree trunks to match as closely as possible to the ones in your people photo.

Well, it won't be easy, but with patience and enough time, it might be possible. Can you show me the other picture you were thinking of using?

Well, I duplicated the background layer, and rotated it so the shoe was roughly vertical: I pressed Enter to commit that transformation, then lowered the opacity, and Ctrl T again to put it into place more carefully, including stretching it taller: I turned off that layer for a bit, and made a clone layer to get rid of the old shoe: Turned the new shoe layer back on, and masked it: Then used a Hue/Sat layer to add a tiny bit of darkening at the heel, where shadow was needed:

I hope I've understood correctly ... this is the best I can manage: