Damien Symonds

PLEASE show me a photo. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/02/16-bit-to-8-bit.html

No I don't. Please show me the photo you're working on.

Download the PSD file First, I duplicated the Background layer and did a little bit of Liquify where I could. Then I added a blank layer and cloned big areas of grass over the three sections where I thought I could trim some shirt. Then masked.

Hi Jackie, there are several ways, depending on the situation. May I see them?

Yeah, it's literally just a matter of lightening the outer area. See if you can find a photo of a baby on a textured rug, and we'll play.

Ok, thanks. Because of the complicating factors of the sleeves intersecting with the torso, and the grass around him, I fear there's not a great deal we can do plausibly. Does this help a little?

Just go to the Window menu and open Metadata. Nothing to it.

As Samantha said, you'll need some more road at the bottom, and wall at the top. So, go through your other shots and see if you have some images that can "donate" some road and wall.

Oh no!!!!!!

Oh, that should be very easy. Can you show me your own photo you're working with?

Now you're beginning to understand.

Please don't do any Photoshop work until your raw work is done properly.

Yes, that's the culprit. Click on that blue link to fix it.

Ok, yep, that other thread I linked should work well for this.

No, the one before that.

That's not relevant in any way to this conversation. Yes you are. Show me a screenshot of your Save As window.

Hi Mary, for whatever it's worth, can you post a 100% crop of the camera?

Thirdly (actually, maybe I should have asked this first) what is the end purpose of this photo? How will it be used?

First of all, have you learned your lesson? NEVER shoot against green. Secondly, did you see this thread?

http://www.damiensymonds.net/trainingfaq.html

You must not do this. Leave the sharpness of your screen at 50.

Relax Nilda Everything is ok. You're just not familiar with looking at photos correctly on your screen, because you've never done it before. You'll get used to it soon.

Download the PSD file

Yes, after calibration, people often realise their editing doesn't look very good

Download the PSD file As you'll see, it was a series of small Hue/Saturation adjustments to get the wayward areas back in the ballpark, then some low opacity (10-20%) cloning on top to blend it all in.