| Author | Thread |
|
|
01/15/2007 05:23:45 PM · #1 |
I so know that I need help. I would really like it if someone would walk me through post processing. Starting from A to Z and talk to me like you are teaching a 2 year old :) How to I take the lamp posts out of this picture?
 |
|
|
|
01/15/2007 05:27:46 PM · #2 |
That will be very difficult since you'd have to clone in or recreate all the details the lamp posts are covering up. I think repairing the building would be the most difficult part. This things are not a one fits all formulas, it's trial and error and every image is different.
June
|
|
|
|
01/15/2007 05:31:43 PM · #3 |
You'll find a lot of people here who can really help you out, but the biggest thing with cloning is patience. There is no easy way. Healing Brush can help with small details, but what you are looking at here is a bunch of hard work.
First step, tell us what software YOU have. Second, what is the highest resolution you have this image saved in? Third, what's the desired output? Are you looking just for a "memory snapshot", or are you trying to make a high quality enlargement print?
All that REALLY makes a difference :) |
|
|
|
01/15/2007 07:11:11 PM · #4 |
| Thank you so much, maybe I should start with something smaller like how to even post process. I got Photoshop Elements for Christmas and have been playing in it. I have gone through the tutorials, but they speak above my head sometimes and I'm just not getting it. |
|
|
|
01/15/2007 07:27:54 PM · #5 |
| I'd suggest a location that affords you a view without the poles and photograph it again. |
|
|
|
01/15/2007 07:28:47 PM · #6 |
cosprenks - I sent you a private message that has some basics for us novices on how to use PS.
Good luck.
P |
|
|
|
01/15/2007 07:45:17 PM · #7 |
It's quite fixable, but as others have said, will require a bit of time and patience.
I've never used Elements so I can't help directly, but best suggestion I can give is make a new layer via copy, then use the cloning tool to sample right next to what you want to get rid of and clone it over what you want to get rid of. PS CS2 has a great feature in it's healing tool, which in a way, does just that. When satisfied with a small section, flatten and do a new layer via copy and keep at it, that way if something goofs up, uyou can always revert back. When cloning, look at the angles of what you want to put over the offending parts of the image. Sometimes you can clone at right angles, other times needs to match the angle of the background terrain. Opacity and softness of the brush too will have a huge outcome on how clean of a removal it is.
Experiment and keep at it - all you can do is learn what works and what doesn't.
OK, so I was bored while I was waiting for a customer:
Message edited by author 2007-01-15 20:05:14.
|
|
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 09/13/2025 05:16:09 PM EDT.
