So, the other day I shared this photo along with a few others from this impromptu photo shoot with my niece. I mentioned that they were photoshopped up the wazzu. I wanted to show you just how much. On my niece Allyson, I did my usual bag of tricks. I fixed the levels, contrast, saturation, slight fix to her skin, popped the eyes and lastly, added a smidge of warmth. Oh yeah, and I corrected her clothing. She was wearing shorts under that tutu skirt. As you can see in the before some of the shorts peaked through. I used the clone tool to remove the undesired clothing.
The big change happened to the background. As in...I removed it completely. This was a tedious job that I did to 6 pictures. Sheesh, it was a lot of work for 1 photo let alone for 6! I started by adding a new layer in a solid red. I chose red because it was so bold and easy to see. Then I dropped the opacity down to about 25 so I could clearly see Allyson and the bike. Then, using a mask I removed the red from her and the bike. Then I pulled the opacity back up 100%, brought the picture size up to 100% so I could really see the details and slowly went around the picture making any corrections to the red layer. I tried to get the red as close to her body as I could. Then I simply changed the red to a white. I had to go around and check for any weird spots but for the most part it looked good.
I chose this instead of trying to grab her and the bike and place them on a white background because I never feel like the magic wand tool or the quick selection tool grab the object perfectly. It's hard to explain but I've never liked that way of moving an object. Either way, the job got done! Have a look...
After
Before
After...again!
7 comments:
Awesome pics, Pam!! She's a beautiful subject, as well! Miss ya!
On a side note, now I know who to call when I need the clutter removed from the pictures of my kids in the house, right? :)
That is so cool! The pic is fabulous either way, but what you came up with in the end after working your magic is really - WOW!
I like the after. Nice edit!
I love both, the before is cool too. That after looks so hard with all those details but it came out great!
they are both great, I love the before too. getting all those details perfect when removing the background seems so hard but you did an awesome job!
Oops I thought my comment didn't go thru so I posted it again and now it's there twice. :)
That was a lot of work to get rid of the background but it really makes the focus all on her and it looks great!
Sorry I've been so absent lately. I'm having a hard time with the blogging and still dealing with sick kids. 3 weeks til Spring Break!!!
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