Blanket fade

[lsin]

Hi Damien. I tried to follow your blanket fade tutorial (http://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/10/blanket-fade-tutorial.html) but dont think i have gotten it right. There seems to be no "depth" or shadows in the pics. Maybe this wasn't the best method to use to extend the blanket background - what would you suggest? (SOOC is 2nd pic and is taken from RAW class)

[lsin]

i have no idea where those awful lines in the top picture came from?? i cannot see it in any of the adjustment layers? is that banding that i keep reading about? here is the screenshot of the vignette i added but there doesnt seem to be any lines?? Does it have anything to do with the noise pattern? in the thumbnail in the layers panel it looks like the noise patter is rectangle lines, but when i open it up (2nd pic below) it is the actual correct noise pattern which you mentioned in the tutorial

Edited April 17, 2016 by lsin
adding 2nd picture for noise pattern

[Samantha LaRue]

Yes that's banding. What quality level did you save the jpeg at before posting here?

[lsin]

i only saved it at low quality - here is it at high qaulity

[Damien Symonds]

Yeah, that looks better.

[lsin]

great, what about the whole blanket fade method. does it look ok or should i try a different method?

 

[Damien Symonds]

The fade looks great!!!  You nailed it.

Parts of the baby's skin look a bit green to me, though.  Or cyan, perhaps.

[lsin]

brill thanks! i will look at skin again later and post in levels class! thanks