Amateur Photoshop editing: before and after image cleanup

guitman32 · 09-11-2009, 12:55 AM

I was preparing some pictures to post today, so I thought I would make a thread illustrating what I learned. I'm a noob with PS, but I think I cleaned up the pictures ok. Let me know what you think.

1. Easiest, removed a light pole and the camera car reflection
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2. Removed light pole and wires.
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3. Removed light poles, wires, misc background items, and a few cars

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4. Did this one mainly for fun. I removed a lot, and did some modifications to how the car looks (brightness around the wheel wells)
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Brrcats · 09-11-2009, 06:52 AM

impressive

guitman32 · 09-12-2009, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Brrcats

impressive

Thanks!

taylorms · 09-12-2009, 02:58 PM

Well done! What technique did you use when removing the light poles and the fence?

ni$mo350 · 09-12-2009, 03:25 PM

Well done on the background. My only suggestion would be working on the car itself. The colors seem washed out and too dark.

cliffrlp · 09-12-2009, 06:19 PM

lookin' good! I need to up my skills on PS. I just have friends that know how to use it lol ::nudge nudge::

guitman32 · 09-12-2009, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by taylorms

Well done! What technique did you use when removing the light poles and the fence?

I mainly just used the clone stamp tool, making sure to keep the textures as realistic as possible. I could have done better on the last pic, especially on the tennis court portion, but wasn't trying to get too anal, especially since the raw picture itself isn't the best. I just wanted to see if it was possible to remove that much background and still make it look realistic.

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Originally Posted by ni$mo350

Well done on the background. My only suggestion would be working on the car itself. The colors seem washed out and too dark.

Thanks, feedback is appreciated. Definitely agree on the colors on the car. The raw picture wasn't the best, and my main goal was to practice on the background in addition to enhancing the colors a bit.

I still need to work on my actual photography skills, in addition to color enhancement techniques in PS.

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Originally Posted by cliffrlp

lookin' good! I need to up my skills on PS. I just have friends that know how to use it lol ::nudge nudge::

Thanks meng! Let me know if you want me to take a stab at any of the pics from our photoshoot last month.

skstylez · 09-12-2009, 10:45 PM

very nice! On #2 did you also improve the color levels? The trees look a lot more lush

Globalscan · 09-25-2009, 12:17 PM

nice

Chomorro · 09-29-2009, 01:16 PM

Hmmm i dont see any pics, must be a work thing

guitman32 · 10-01-2009, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by skstylez

very nice! On #2 did you also improve the color levels? The trees look a lot more lush

Yea I saturated the pics a bit to give the background that effect. Love the way it makes the trees "pop"

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Originally Posted by Globalscan

nice

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Chomorro

Hmmm i dont see any pics, must be a work thing

Hmm, maybe the flickr server was down, they seem to be working now.