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ks-man
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 Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:05 am Post subject: Changing background color through a veil |
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I'm trying to edit a picture of my wife from our wedding. She loves a picture that wasn't one of our formals but wants to use it as a formal picture. The problem is the background is completely different then the background of the formal pics.
I've been able to clone the formal background into most of the picture but I'm stumped with the parts that are behind her veil (which is see-through). I'm trying to go from a tannish color to a dark blue/black. Anytime I select the area and try and darken it I also darken her white veil.
Any help or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks. |
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moondog
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hi ks-man,
it would be a bit easier for us to help you if you could post the picture you're talking about so we can look at it.
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iDad
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| Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:27 am Post subject: Re: Changing background color through a veil |
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| ks-man wrote: | I'm trying to edit a picture of my wife from our wedding. She loves a picture that wasn't one of our formals but wants to use it as a formal picture. The problem is the background is completely different then the background of the formal pics.
I've been able to clone the formal background into most of the picture but I'm stumped with the parts that are behind her veil (which is see-through). I'm trying to go from a tannish color to a dark blue/black. Anytime I select the area and try and darken it I also darken her white veil.
Any help or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks. |
MD is right but try copying the colors and make a separate layers with each, could get very tedious though.Zoom in real close. |
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moondog
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iDad is right as well ... might just become real tedious, but you do need to zoom in close to do it up right
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ks-man
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One thing I tried quickly that worked ok but want to play around with was duplicating the background and desaturizing it to B&W. The veil stayed white and the background went to black which is much closer to the screen we used for the formal picture than the orange it currently is. I left the main color for the rest of her face and the non see-through parts of her veil.
Is there a way to desaturate the background layer but rather than have B&W have the black be a different color and pattern but leave the white as is?
Thanks. |
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moondog
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After desaturating you can play with the color balance and then hue saturation settings and might get what you're looking for.
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ks-man
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Thanks.
I'll play around with that and let you know if I have any more questions. |
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ks-man
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It definitely looks much better now. Adjusting the contrast went a big way in defining the white veil apart from the background.
Thanks again. |
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