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collinevan
Joined: 10 Mar 2009
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 Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:31 am Post subject: Learning retouching for the first time... problem |
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I'm trying to learn techniques of photo retouching. I'm working so far with a photo of a landscape taken from a lower quality digital camera. Ideally I'd have a higher quality photo, but I'm just tinkering around so I figured it would be okay to mess with.
You can probably see the problems. I did some healing on glare stuff from the camera, but in the end have this weird discoloration on the water. I can't seem to just clone the water from elsewhere because it's a totally different color. I also did some adjustments with unsharpen mask because it's pretty hazy and blurry, but it looks like I can't get it right. Then I tried to reduce noise, but it's starting to look real jagged and unreal. Other than that I added adjustment layers to contrast the colors, bring out some highlights, and ultimately add a tone to it making it look more stylized or vintage...
it just seems to be going wrong... any guidance? How can I help that water? How can I sharpen the image without making it so noisy and awkward looking? |
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hawkeye
Joined: 14 May 2009
Posts: 2377
Location: Mesa, Az
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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The adjustment layers are effecting the cloning. Finish making the adjustments and flatten the image, then do the cloning. Or clone before the adjustments. |
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Locton
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Posts: 69
Location: Surrey UK
PS Version: CS3
OS: Mac intel 10.5.5
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Have you tried the patch tool this should work well set it to destination make a selection & drag it over the area that needs to be repaired. |
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