sweetmamaof4 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Over the past two weekends I have taken dance pictures and my backdrop is awful. How would you suggest fixing this. I've been selecting the dancers and masking them out to change to background to a solid color. But now that I have over 50 to do, this is getting to be too much. Is there an easier way to do this without having to cut them all out every time? The first two pictures are before and after. The 3rd is an after. The 4th is one that I'm just stuck. Please let me know if there is an easier way to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 What is it that you don't like about the background? Is it the wrinkles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetmamaof4 Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 Yes, it's the wrinkles and it's not smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Ok, good. I URGE you not to try to change its colour. Just add a smooth layer of the colour that's already there, to save yourself the hassle of tedious masking. By the way, are you aware your photos are Adobe RGB? This is VERY bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetmamaof4 Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 Oh no! I didn't know that...dang it!! Great! Normally, I don't have to do this step but I guess something went wrong. I normally edit in Lightroom then in Photoshop. This time I'm just doing Photoshop and I skipped Lightroom. Thank You! When you say just add a smooth layer of the colour that's already there...then wouldn't you have to mask back the dancer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html 8 minutes ago, sweetmamaof4 said: When you say just add a smooth layer of the colour that's already there...then wouldn't you have to mask back the dancer? Yes of course. But not with any particular precision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetmamaof4 Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 Can you show me how you would do a smooth layer or what the end result would look like. Sorry, I'm all flustered now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 It's this method: https://www.damiensymonds.net/preventing-banding-in-backdrops/ Here's the file: https://max.mailbigfile.com/c5103403247a5566ab8dbf71675651d5/listFiles.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 @sweetmamaof4 PLEASE dive into your Raw Class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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