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Post by clactonian on Jan 17, 2014 11:51:43 GMT
A re-edit of an old favourite of mine. I would have liked a bit more space far right but I didn't want to include the platform full of people waiting for the next train. 40s weekend Kent and East Sussex Railway.
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Post by Stevewebb on Jan 18, 2014 7:34:53 GMT
lovely Mike. The treatment seems perfect to me.
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Post by clactonian on Jan 18, 2014 9:33:13 GMT
For those of you wondering if it's worth having Photoshop I think this image provides a good example. This was literally a 'snap shot'. The youngster was on those scales for seconds but I immediately knew the picture I wanted. The crop and sepia tone were easy but the original edit was still plagued by all those cables that are both out of period and ruined the 'look' I was after. Step up the 'Healing Brush ' tool. With a fine setting, just a tad wider than each cable, I painted over them a short length at a time. The transformation was remarkable and left me with just a small amount of cloning to tidy up the detail. The thought of attempting to do the whole edit with the clone tool had filled me with dread and would have taken hours, which is why I didn't bother. Using the 'Healing Brush' the whole edit took about 15 minutes. Here's the original ...
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Post by Stevewebb on Jan 18, 2014 18:13:11 GMT
I tend to use the content aware fill for bits like cables Mike. It generally blends in better than the healing brush. Have you tried it?
I use the polygonal lassoo to select an area slightly wider than the cable, all around, and then hit shift backspace for content aware fill. A bit of tidying up is sometimes needed but I found a lot less than the healing brush.
I love photoshop for the fact that there is always 10 ways to skin a cat, and one of them is bound to work.
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Post by clactonian on Jan 18, 2014 20:23:02 GMT
I didn't have much success with the content aware fill Steve, probably because of the amount of detail in the brickwork, whereas the healing brush picked up the brick courses remarkably well. It is, as you say, a great help to have so many tools to try. One of them is bound to work pretty well.
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Post by DonS on Jan 19, 2014 10:11:32 GMT
How do you remove the cables???
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Post by clactonian on Jan 19, 2014 10:42:49 GMT
Step up the 'Healing Brush ' tool. With a fine setting, just a tad wider than each cable, I painted over them a short length at a time. The transformation was remarkable and left me with just a small amount of cloning to tidy up the detail. The thought of attempting to do the whole edit with the clone tool had filled me with dread and would have taken hours, which is why I didn't bother. Using the 'Healing Brush' the whole edit took about 15 minutes. Just like that Don.
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Post by DonS on Jan 26, 2014 6:31:42 GMT
it sounds easy but I have to search you tube for this and start practicing…
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Post by georgem on Feb 16, 2014 1:13:21 GMT
Nice work, Mike.
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Post by chrisc on Feb 16, 2014 13:00:23 GMT
It is indeed almost miraculous what you can do with the cloning/healing tools in photoshop. This is indeed a fine example of what can be accomplished.
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