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canon400d
Aug-03-2008, 07:00 AM
I have been trying to get rid of all the background distractions in photo(a). I have been left with a large blemish over the right shoulder and a smaller one over the left shoulder as you will see in photo(b) I have tried and better tried to get rid of these using the tools I am familiar with ie; Spot healing brush, Patch tool, Clone stamp tool and also layering with Gaussian blur and also surface blur. If it is possible to remove these blemishes I would appreciate any help and advice as to which tool to use and its technique.
Regards
Bob

Photo(a)
http://canon400d.smugmug.com/photos/344141503_v6Coh-L.jpg
Photo(b)
http://canon400d.smugmug.com/photos/344141538_LJWmN-L.jpg
Art Scott
Aug-03-2008, 08:52 AM
Personally I see nothing wrong with the final product.....but if you are not satisfied then maybe you should add some blk to the light spots or mask you subject and do a total blk background around the subject.
canon400d
Aug-03-2008, 09:33 AM
Personally I see nothing wrong with the final product.....but if you are not satisfied then maybe you should add some blk to the light spots or mask you subject and do a total blk background around the subject.

Thanks for replying Art, can you please tell me how I go about making a total black background? I use CS3
Regards
Bob
pyrtek
Aug-03-2008, 11:25 AM
If all you want is to make the background black, why not just...wait for it...
paint it black? :) That's what I did here:

http://bertold.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p695787219.jpg
canon400d
Aug-03-2008, 12:01 PM
If all you want is to make the background black, why not just...wait for it...
paint it black? :) That's what I did here:

http://bertold.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p695787219.jpg

That is excellent. How did you do that?
Regards
Bob
pyrtek
Aug-03-2008, 12:37 PM
That is excellent. How did you do that?

Like I said, I just painted the background black. I used a soft-edged brush
on an empty layer. Nothing fancy at all.
Nikolai
Aug-03-2008, 12:57 PM
If all you want is to make the background black, why not just...wait for it...
paint it black? :) That's what I did here:

Good call, Bernard! :thumb
Prolly the best that can be done here, and simple, too :-) :wink
canon400d
Aug-03-2008, 03:07 PM
Good call, Bernard! :thumb
Prolly the best that can be done here, and simple, too :-) :wink

Thanks ever so much I have sorted it out. Thanks again for all your patience and kind help.
Regards
Bob