chayabraun Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) My client asked for mom's hair to be straightened; they don't like that it's kind of wavy. What can I do? Edited July 12, 2017 by chayabraun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Well, you could try a bit of very gentle and very patient Liquifying. But the trouble is, Liquifying softens fine detail a bit. If you'd shot this in such a way (eg very shallow DOF) that the hair was slightly out of focus, I'd have a lot more faith in the Liquify approach. But I reckon you've nailed that hair in pretty good focus, yes? In that case, Liquify presents a big risk of blurring it noticeably. To be honest, I'd clean up the flyaways nicely, and tell that that's all you can do. Let's face it, this is a stupid request. You can't be expected to accommodate every stupid request that comes along. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayabraun Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Thank you! They paid me a lot of money, so I want to try to accommodate them, but if Damien feels it's stupid, so be it! Perhaps I can find some other photo where her hair is straighter, and clone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I doubt it. Cloning would present the same problem of blurring, possibly worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayabraun Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Okay, I'll tell them it cannot be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Don't just give them that bad news cold. As I said, accompany it with a version of the photo with the flyaways fixed. That will appease them a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayabraun Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Just now, Damien Symonds said: Don't just give them that bad news cold. As I said, accompany it with a version of the photo with the flyaways fixed. That will appease them a bit. Good idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 How did they take it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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