Extending background

[Damien Symonds]

It's really not working, is it   You've enlarged the sections way too much, I feel.

[lsin]

How do you mean enlarged the sections?

 

Is there any other method i could use to fix the background? 

[Damien Symonds]

Well, the bits of fur you've put in there are way bigger than the existing fur, you know?

[lsin]

ok i tried replacing just the four corners again, i havent done any hue/saturation aajustment yet, how does this look?

[lsin]

here i have added the hue / saturation adjustment using same values you have used in your step by step guide

 

Is it passable??

[Damien Symonds]

Still some very visible lines at the bottom.

[lsin]

is this better?

[Damien Symonds]

Can't you see the lines?  The edges?  At the bottom of the basket, and to the left and right?

[lsin]

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now?

 

Edited May 21, 2016 by lsin
incorrect picture attached

[lsin]

[Damien Symonds]

Fantastic.

The last thing is to paint some more on the mask of the topmost pixel layer, with a low-opacity brush, to partially blend that area of sharper wool on the bottom left shadow area of the basket.

[lsin]

better?

[Damien Symonds]

No, the wool in the shadow still looks distinctly more in-focus than the rest.