wota Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 Damien, I am stuck. I have no idea what to do from here. I am trying a gradient after I do the selection with the poly tool. I don't understand this. First off it takes me forever to use the poly tool, because It takes me like 20 times to just make a selection, because it will just close up the selection on its own after a couple clicks and I have to keep starting it over. I finally got a selection, doing sort of like the video, not being super particular about getting right around all the nooks and crannies of the subject. Then I go in make the gradient linear, set at 0, like yours was in the psd file. Then I choose the color gradient,and go through and sample them all so they all turn some sort of shade of grey. But how am I supposed to keep trying to blend the gradient when it doesn't change anything in the selection? I mean I still have flooring and such showing inside my selection, so am I supposed to get a closer selection? I am lost. I started working on a second one just using a brush, and zooming way in, and pixel by pixel going around the edge of everyone coloring in with the gradient. Which is major time consuming and imperfect too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 I think you need to go a bit closer to them than that, with the lasso selection. 3 minutes ago, wota said: because it will just close up the selection on its own after a couple clicks and I have to keep starting it over This happens if you click too quickly. If it thinks you've double-clicked, it will close it. Take your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wota Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 ok, how is this? That was a tough edit. Also, do you have any advice for how I can shoot this better next time around? How could I make this easier on myself in the future? I will have more of this group to shoot over the year, so hoping I can improve how I shoot a large group, before I even have to open PS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 3 hours ago, wota said: Also, do you have any advice for how I can shoot this better next time around? How could I make this easier on myself in the future? I will have more of this group to shoot over the year, so hoping I can improve how I shoot a large group, before I even have to open PS. Gosh, with a bigger backdrop, of course! Edit looks great, just needs to be darker at the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wota Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 Well, I understand a bigger backdrop LOL! Just was wondering if there was anything else that might be helpful. I ordered the largest size seamless backdrop I could find too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 No, nothing else I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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