First post here--need help
May 1, 2023 21:17:57 #
TonyF
Loc: Bradenton, FL
Hello Hoggers, As the title says, this is my first post in this section. I do very basic PP and have PSE 20 and also Luminar AI.
My grand-neice was in a dance recital at a high school auditorium. I mention HS auditorium so you get the idea of how far away I was. I was in the last row with my Tamron 18-400 on a Canon 70D. Anyway, I've spent almost 2 hours trying to get rid of the chair/table to her right. I think because of the background's color and texture, I could not come close.
I am going to use this photo to make a 'paint by numbers' painting. Can anyone help me?
TIA,
Tony
My grand-neice was in a dance recital at a high school auditorium. I mention HS auditorium so you get the idea of how far away I was. I was in the last row with my Tamron 18-400 on a Canon 70D. Anyway, I've spent almost 2 hours trying to get rid of the chair/table to her right. I think because of the background's color and texture, I could not come close.
I am going to use this photo to make a 'paint by numbers' painting. Can anyone help me?
TIA,
Tony
May 1, 2023 21:20:22 #
TonyF wrote:
Hello Hoggers, As the title says, this is my first... (show quote)
To start with, you need to post an unedited JPEG image and attach the file.
May 1, 2023 21:25:38 #
TonyF
Loc: Bradenton, FL
CHG_CANON wrote:
To start with, you need to post an unedited JPEG image and attach the file.
Duh, I can't believe I did that.
May 1, 2023 21:27:03 #
TonyF wrote:
Duh, I can't believe I did that.
Now, you want to attach and store the file. If the version above is an edited version, try attaching an unedited version for better results from anyone making short work of a cloning exercise.
May 1, 2023 22:08:25 #
TonyF
Loc: Bradenton, FL
CHG_CANON wrote:
Now, you want to attach and store the file. If the version above is an edited version, try attaching an unedited version for better results from anyone making short work of a cloning exercise.
Okay Jerry, let's try this.
May 1, 2023 22:19:29 #
I'll just sit back here in the shadows and see who does what May 1, 2023 22:51:42 #
I work mostly in LR6, because I don't really understand how to control 'where' PSE selects the source material to clone / heal. This edit is mostly LR6, for adjustments to the WB, and the blacks & whites of the original, and sharpening. The file reported Luminar AI created the file, where again, I think an original from the camera would be a better source for detailed edits. The "blending" tools in PSE are even better, so most of the bench removal was done in PSE until PSE started selecting unhelpful content. I just came back to LR6 and finished.
To learn how to use your PSE, you'd goggle something like: google u-tube cloning pse. Watch the resulting videos for the tools used and how, and see if you can do the same on an original version of this image.
To learn how to use your PSE, you'd goggle something like: google u-tube cloning pse. Watch the resulting videos for the tools used and how, and see if you can do the same on an original version of this image.
May 2, 2023 00:02:10 #
Well done Paul. I was tempted to try the new Photoshop beta Remove Tool, but there is no need to now!
May 2, 2023 05:16:39 #
May 2, 2023 07:46:41 #
TonyF
Loc: Bradenton, FL
Thank you, Paul, much appreciated. I'll let you know how the painted version comes out. :)
And yes, it was originally a RAW file that I used Luminar to convert. Had to use some program to convert to Jpeg, correct?
And yes, it was originally a RAW file that I used Luminar to convert. Had to use some program to convert to Jpeg, correct?
May 2, 2023 08:09:02 #
TonyF wrote:
Thank you, Paul, much appreciated. I'll let you know how the painted version comes out. :)
And yes, it was originally a RAW file that I used Luminar to convert. Had to use some program to convert to Jpeg, correct?
And yes, it was originally a RAW file that I used Luminar to convert. Had to use some program to convert to Jpeg, correct?
You should have the Canon DPP v4 software downloaded and installed for any 1-off conversions and / or investigation of the images, such as the location of the focus. The Adobe products tend to lose this information, although I see the AF point in the Luminar version. Adobe has its own defaults against RAW files. I haven't tried Luminar to see what it does / doesn't do to a RAW as defaults. DPP just picks up the camera settings and the JPEG output, if you don't do anything else, will correspond to the JPEG the camera would have created at the same time.
I tried the suggested google and the first few video titles all seem like useful starting points for learning to use the PSE cloning stamp tool. These replacement tools are really 'art', not just AI click tools. What I did in LR was select source of the curtain and replaced 'strips' of the useful background over specific sections of the bench. Then, when I went to PSE, I just 'blended' these areas where PSE (PS) does a much better job.
May 2, 2023 09:04:37 #
Or, not nearly as high resolution (although no red face), and could be improved with effort, literally less than 30 seconds on a Pixel phone using "Erase"...
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