Baby Crack

[vbunnell]

How can I make this look like one cheek instead of a whole crack? 

[Damien Symonds]

Oh gee, this won't be easy.

Which line do you want to remove?

[vbunnell]

Whichever is easier. I think removing the outer cheek would be nice, but what do I know? 

[Damien Symonds]

I'm staring at this trying to figure out what I'm seeing.  The right-hand line (further from camera) is probably the real one, isn't it?

[vbunnell]

The line down the middle toe is a cheek and to the right of that is the other cheek.

[vbunnell]

It's a bum. The lady parts in that shady area.

[Damien Symonds]

I'm sorry I'm so dense.  I don't get it.  Can you circle what you want removed?

[vbunnell]

[Damien Symonds]

Something like this?

[vbunnell]

Your edit looks awesome! But it's just not looking right to me. It doesn't look like a leg or a bum. Do you think it might look more realistic if everything past the middle toe was cloned out? 
This photo is with your edit layered on top so you can see what the whole image looks like. A little funky, no? Appreciate your time and help! 

[Damien Symonds]

1 hour ago, vbunnell said:

Your edit looks awesome! But it's just not looking right to me. It doesn't look like a leg or a bum.

Well ... duh.  That's why I said:

8 hours ago, Damien Symonds said:

The right-hand line (further from camera) is probably the real one, isn't it?

 

[vbunnell]

Sorry, I didn't understand what exactly you meant.

[Damien Symonds]

Well, that makes us square, because I don't know what you mean by this either, sorry:

1 hour ago, vbunnell said:

Do you think it might look more realistic if everything past the middle toe was cloned out?

[Damien Symonds]

Oh, wait, yes I do.  But no, that wouldn't look realistic at all.  It would be too chopped-off.

[vbunnell]

Ok. Thanks for the help.

[Damien Symonds]

Don't you think we should at least try and see how it looks with the nearer line gone?

[Damien Symonds]

Like this?

[vbunnell]

That helps a bit, however the bum crack is still bothering me. I'm not sure what else can be done to hide it. 

[Damien Symonds]

There has to be a bum crack.  It'll look completely absurd without one.

[vbunnell]

Perhaps. I tried to cover it up with baby's legs, but they wouldn't stay. The crack is just not acceptable in the newborn industry, which is why I was hoping to fix it somehow.

[Samantha LaRue]

Could you just get rid of that cheek all together? 

(sorry for the weirdness in the photo. I took the close up Damien edited and covered the cheek with some quick/shoddy editing. And then placed it onto the fullsized photo to see how it looked)

[vbunnell]

Yes! This is what I thought about doing. I think it looks acceptable, no? Now how can I do that myself? 

[Damien Symonds]

Well, my part was just cloning.

[Samantha LaRue]

2 minutes ago, vbunnell said:

Yes! This is what I thought about doing. I think it looks acceptable, no? Now how can I do that myself? 

I just liquified the cheek to the left, and masked it into place, on a duplicate layer.  (really bad masking, I might add - you'll want to be much more careful lol)

[vbunnell]

Can you help me Damien? I have a hard time with the shadows and color looking even when I've tried.