cathm Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Thanks Damien! I requested my lab to remake... This time, I added the noise to the background by doing this => Filter - noise, - add noise - Amount 1% Uniform. I will see how it turns out..... Thank you for your help! I actually had the same issue with the same lab (Bay Photo) last time... Maybe I should try different lab? any recommendation for the lab? Cathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Any lab at all. Even a cheap suburban kiosk should print this ok. I'm flabbergasted that Bay messed this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Is the best way to remove the father the same way that I did in above? 1) Using brush tool with shift + click and to eliminate the father and 2) add the white background with gradient layer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Oh wait...i should also mask the entire background other than the father? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 4 minutes ago, cathm said: 1) Using brush tool with shift + click and to eliminate the father and 2) add the white background with gradient layer? No, this is not a two-step process. Just mask the new background straight over the father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Ok, so 1) create a new gradient new layer and 2) mask out the father using brush in the same layer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Hi Damien. I tried to do your way but was afraid of the banding. Plus I wanted to make the background whiter... Could you please see if I did retouch this image okay by looking at my PSD file? thank you! Edited February 11, 2016 by cathm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 https://www.dropbox.com/s/9apn2u5coretkmn/Damien.psd?dl=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 I had a hard time working the background around the cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 No, that's WAY too much noise, and it's all over everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 too much noise? I only add one layer of noise the way how you do, no? Is it possible for you to show me how you would have retouch this image using my file I uploaded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 9 minutes ago, cathm said: too much noise? I only add one layer of noise the way how you do, no? Yes, but it's 20% opacity, WAY too high. And you didn't clip it to the layer beneath, so it's all over the child etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 25 minutes ago, cathm said: Is it possible for you to show me how you would have retouch this image using my file I uploaded? http://mbf.cc/MP13Zs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathm Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Thank, Damien! According to this, http://www.damiensymonds.net/tut_noise.html you used 20% opacity for the noise, no? For the first image, which I had an issue with the vertical lines on the print, , do you think the lines appeared because I used 20% opacity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 1 hour ago, cathm said: Thank, Damien! According to this, http://www.damiensymonds.net/tut_noise.html you used 20% opacity for the noise, no? Yes, but then I went on to talk at length about examining and adjusting it for your own image's purpose. 1 hour ago, cathm said: For the first image, which I had an issue with the vertical lines on the print, , do you think the lines appeared because I used 20% opacity? No. They appeared because the lab messed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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