Editing people out

[shalea]

Hello, my client has asked for the second girl behind to be edited out, I am no expert with this. Is it east to do or is there someone i can pay to fix this for me? I haven't edited these photos yet at all, this is straight out of camera. She has also asked for similar thing on the other picture except she wants both girls behind removed. 

[Damien Symonds]

9 minutes ago, shalea said:

This one will be dead easy.  After doing your raw processing, the first step in Photoshop is the straightening.

Then use this method to remove the other girl.

[Damien Symonds]

12 minutes ago, shalea said:

This one is harder because of the big rocks in the background.

Do you have any other photos from this same set, that would provide the missing background detail?

[shalea]

Ok first pic I had a crack at straightening it, not 100% sure if I did it right but I didn't change it to jpeg when I opened. If i change it to a jpeg file then how do I continue doing all my edits? My next question is, I have always done all my editing then saved it to my computer as a jpeg and then opened pic to just "crop and straighten it that way". I thought this was right as all my editing was done and I haven't been losing pixels this way? Then i tried cloning but it didn't work ha ha what have I done so wrong?

Second pic I will do tomorrow 

[Damien Symonds]

Let's not go any further with this until you've taken the Bridge Class.  Your workflow is clearly an awful awful mess.

[shalea]

I have done the bridge class. Is there a service you can recommend that can do these edits for me? I am happy to pay someone to do it. If i knew how to edit like a pro I wouldn't be here. f I am doing things wrong then that is how I will learn. Some people are quicker than others I guess to catch on. 

[Damien Symonds]

Then why the heck are you saving as a jpeg?????

[shalea]

I save both. I save the JPEG to upload to their gallery and for socials and I save as a PSD also so if i need to go redo any editing. Im reading through your Bridge class now to see what im doing wrong.

 

[Damien Symonds]

You open the raw file into Photoshop, then you do the straightening as the VERY first step.

Before you've even saved it as a PSD.

[Damien Symonds]

9 hours ago, shalea said:

my editing then saved it to my computer as a jpeg and then opened pic to just "crop and straighten it that way"

You NEVER open a jpeg into Photoshop.  Ever.

[shalea]

Sorry let me explain myself again. I edited in ACR, then finish off the finer details in PS THEN once I'm done I save both jpeg and PSD. I would never edit a jpeg.

[shalea]

26 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

You open the raw file into Photoshop, then you do the straightening as the VERY first step.

Before you've even saved it as a PSD.

I had never used this straightening method before, did you discuss this in your classes? If so I have missed it and will look at it again. So what do i do now with editing the people out seeing as my cloning was a hot mess. 

[Damien Symonds]

I'm sure I referenced it in the epilogue module of the Bridge Class.

Let's start over. May I see your SOOR, straightened?

[shalea]

Ok can you give me a quote for the 3 pics to edit? I have edited all the others and I just don’t want to spend anymore time on this job as I’m on now about $2 an hour 😂 in future I will definitely not be doing any photoshop work to peoples images for the same rate! I know I will need to learn how to edit properly I just don’t have the time right now. 

[Damien Symonds]

Come on, can you at least show me you know how to straighten the photo?