Aitchess Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 (edited) I’ve got a dozen or so photos like this with the shadows and or wrinkles/bunches of fabric. I tried to fix up the background several ways but was requested to further reduce or eliminate the shadows. This is out of my comfort zone and usual shooting. It was a total last minute set up indoor shoot due to rain and I learned plenty of what not to do! However I need help finishing these up because I’ve stared at them for so long my brain doesn’t want to work anymore. So far I’ve awfully replaced the background where the subjects appeared to float, started over and eventually I went through several of your tutorials to fill the layer, blur it and add noise. Is there a better way that will help me to get rid of the shadows? Thanks for any help! Edited October 8 by Aitchess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchess Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 I can't upload the photo, I keep getting error code -200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Damien Symonds Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Hi @Aitchess, yes, I reckon I can help with this. Can you go ahead and do your raw processing on the photo in the usual way, then post it again for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchess Posted Thursday at 09:22 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 09:22 PM I am still getting the error, do you know what could be wrong with the jpeg that it won’t show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted Thursday at 09:25 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:25 PM Hmmm ... this problem used to plague my website, but I haven't had it for a couple of years. Can you try downsizing the image to 1500px before uploading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchess Posted Thursday at 09:31 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 09:31 PM 5 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said: Hmmm ... this problem used to plague my website, but I haven't had it for a couple of years. Can you try downsizing the image to 1500px before uploading? same error unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchess Posted Thursday at 09:36 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 09:36 PM I am switching from safari to chrome, this seems to do the trick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted Thursday at 09:36 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:36 PM How bizarre. How are you saving the jpeg? I mean, are you using "Save As", or "Save for web", or "Export" or whatever? Never mind, I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchess Posted Thursday at 09:38 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 09:38 PM Just now, Damien Symonds said: How bizarre. How are you saving the jpeg? I mean, are you using "Save As", or "Save for web", or "Export" or whatever? I tried export and save as, also tried exporting from bridge and sending to my phone to post from there. None of that worked, the last photo is the same one that gives the -200 error code using the safari browser. Switching to Chrome I can see the photo now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted Thursday at 09:45 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:45 PM Is this what you had in mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchess Posted Thursday at 10:21 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 10:21 PM Yes that looks much better! Now I need to figure out the best way to smooth the fabric, I tried with your tutorials on other posts with mediocre results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted Thursday at 10:34 PM Share Posted Thursday at 10:34 PM I used the Mixer Brush tool. https://max.mailbigfile.com/5f7b2bcdd33d2b07c07808c5f5c908ed/listFiles.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchess Posted Thursday at 10:50 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 10:50 PM Do you have a good tutorial for that which I could follow? I have quite a bit to work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted Thursday at 10:59 PM Share Posted Thursday at 10:59 PM I don't, sorry. I just kinda brushed downwards until it smoothed out. If you shift-click on the mask thumbnail on the layer in the layers panel, you'll see what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted Thursday at 11:00 PM Share Posted Thursday at 11:00 PM Are you also wanting to smooth the wrinkled flooring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchess Posted Friday at 02:43 AM Author Share Posted Friday at 02:43 AM 3 hours ago, Damien Symonds said: Are you also wanting to smooth the wrinkled flooring? Yes. Please if you have advice could you share which method you’d use and some guidance on accomplishing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted Friday at 02:59 AM Share Posted Friday at 02:59 AM This method: https://www.damiensymonds.net/preventing-banding-in-backdrops/ https://max.mailbigfile.com/c74bce897a200b06d35494ceda44e668/listFiles.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchess Posted Friday at 01:37 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 01:37 PM when I use the mixer brush tool it is mixing the subject colors with the background, I'm having a total brain fart after being at the computer too long. How can I avoid this and just get the background shadows to lighten? Here is another example of what I am looking to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted Friday at 08:41 PM Share Posted Friday at 08:41 PM Yes, of course you must only brush in one direction. From background towards the people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchess Posted Friday at 11:20 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 11:20 PM I have used the gradient method before but, I have no clue what I'm doing wrong now. I cannot get the gradient colors to change to grey background when I use the sample tool. I'm so sorry I am struggling with what should be simple. I am tired from trying to figure out how to fix these on my own. 😭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted Friday at 11:35 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:35 PM May I see a screenshot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchess Posted Friday at 11:55 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 11:55 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted Saturday at 12:15 AM Share Posted Saturday at 12:15 AM Are you remembering to click on the little colour swatch below the gradient before sampling grey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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