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Everything posted by Damien Symonds
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I have a suggestion, but I'm not sure how it will work. May I see a screenshot of your layers panel?
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Oh my goodness, it's wonderful.
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Oh gee, Stacey, that's a gift, use it. Your Grandad's feet are at a plausible angle that your Dad's are not. I'd try to use GD's feet, and merge the two men mid-leg if at all possible. It wouldn't be easy, but it would DEFINITELY be worth it.
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Yes, it looks great to me.
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May we see the original? I agree with Christina, for whatever it's worth. I think his opacity should be lower.
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If your Grandad was there before, could you have used his feet shadow?
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No, sorry.
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My ugly hand is next to the sweet newborn smile! :(
Damien Symonds replied to ShannonJoy's topic in Help with editing
You're welcome. Can't wait to see your result. -
Tracy, please stop posting new threads with the same question. I need to see the photo you're working on.
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My ugly hand is next to the sweet newborn smile! :(
Damien Symonds replied to ShannonJoy's topic in Help with editing
Ok, here goes ... First, I identified the piece of fabric that seemed most likely to work. I made a huge selection around it. It's always important to select more than you need in these cases: I hit Ctrl J (Cmd J for you) to put that section on its own layer. Then I immediately went to the Layer menu to make it a Smart Object: The way the light was falling, I figured I needed it to be the other way around, so I went to Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal. Then Edit>Free Transform (Cmd T) so I could rotate it, so that the fabric was approximately at the angle I needed: But it wasn't curved enough. So I went to Edit>Transform>Warp. And I warped the hell out of it, so that the fabric curved around the line of the elbow in a plausible manner: Then I lowered the opacity of the layer by half, and moved it into position. (At this stage I might have also used Free Transform to shrink the whole thing a bit, as well. I can't quite remember, sorry.): Then I added a mask and masked it on: You can see from the above image that it was a bit too bright. See the bright patch of skin nearest the elbow? So I added a Hue/Sat layer and lowered the Lightness by roughly half. I clipped this layer to the fabric layer, then inverted its mask to black, and gently painted the darkness on until it matched plausibly: I hope this helps. -
My ugly hand is next to the sweet newborn smile! :(
Damien Symonds replied to ShannonJoy's topic in Help with editing
All web files are tiny. It's nothing to do with you or your camera. Give me a few minutes and I'll show you what I did. I'm glad you like it. -
Yes, a little higher with the Luminance slider.
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Gosh, this is so difficult. I'm struggling. What does the Curves layer do? How many points on the curve?
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Is that "Layer 2"?
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Velvety / Painterly effect v2
Damien Symonds replied to Charliepw's topic in How to achieve a certain look or effect
In Photoshop, add a Levels layer. Hold down the Option key while grabbing the white slider. -
Sharpening digital files for clients
Damien Symonds replied to SarahStacker's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
Don't say "it looks plastic" until you've printed one. Crop one to 11:15 as you'd give it to the client, then send it to a lab the way a client would. -
Sharpening digital files for clients
Damien Symonds replied to SarahStacker's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
Hell no, I'm not saying that. All noise must go. -
Sharpening digital files for clients
Damien Symonds replied to SarahStacker's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
Nope. You can't sharpen digitals.