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Old 09-10-2009, 11:55 PM
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Default Amateur Photoshop editing: before and after image cleanup

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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Old 09-11-2009, 05:52 AM
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impressive
Old 09-12-2009, 11:40 AM
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impressive
Thanks!
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Well done! What technique did you use when removing the light poles and the fence?

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Well done on the background. My only suggestion would be working on the car itself. The colors seem washed out and too dark.
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lookin' good! I need to up my skills on PS. I just have friends that know how to use it lol ::nudge nudge::
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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 ****, 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.

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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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.
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very nice! On #2 did you also improve the color levels? The trees look a lot more lush
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nice
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Hmmm i dont see any pics, must be a work thing
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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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nice
Thanks!

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Hmmm i dont see any pics, must be a work thing
Hmm, maybe the flickr server was down, they seem to be working now.
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