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Post by maghdalena on Oct 17, 2018 9:12:55 GMT
I was wondering if someone could help me with this. I have a header that I'm trying to put together for a site that has to do with confidence. It's part of the Astra Starter Sites. This is the original header:  The image said its original size is 1920 X 500 pixels, but saving the image I got 1024X267 px. The image has an all-white background with the picture on the far right because there’s a blue overlay with text on the left. This is the image I’m working from:  What I want to do is crop the left part out, and just leave the right side with the woman and the text “Victory begins with Confidence” with the gold(It was professionally done by someone at Fiverr), but when I cropped it, this is what I got:  Is There a way to crop the smokey grey out and the blue or is there something better that can be done with the upper left corner, like making it the dark blue of the border, or what do you suggest? Did I use the wrong crop tool? I used the “Rule of thirds” cropping tool and got it as far as I could and as much of the left side out as possible, but I couldn’t get it all. What do I do with that left part because it looks unfinished? Could I just have the rest of it be blue like the dark blue border, or does or copy the color for the rest of the image? Does anyone have any suggestions or help on how to get rid of the greyish blue at least? I just want to know if I can actually do that or if I need to use a different image or start over with a different tool. If so, could you baby-step me through this? I'd be much obliged. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you for your time. Sincerely yours, Katherine M. Logan BTW, it’s the header for the internal images. The website is buildconfidenceeasily.com |
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Post by Major Major on Oct 17, 2018 16:15:02 GMT
You don't say what version of PSE you're using, and it's hard to tell exactly what you're trying to achieve, but one thing you could try is using the magnetic lasso tool to select the leftmost part of the image and then delete the selection. That would give you the rightmost part of the image to work with and the leftmost part transparent, like this:
Does that help?
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 17, 2018 17:33:42 GMT
Is There a way to crop the smokey grey out and the blue or is there something better that can be done with the upper left corner, like making it the dark blue of the border, or what do you suggest? Did I use the wrong crop tool? I used the “Rule of thirds” cropping tool and got it as far as I could and as much of the left side out as possible, but I couldn’t get it all. What do I do with that left part because it looks unfinished? Could I just have the rest of it be blue like the dark blue border, or does or copy the color for the rest of the image? Does anyone have any suggestions or help on how to get rid of the greyish blue at least? I just want to know if I can actually do that or if I need to use a different image or start over with a different tool. If so, could you baby-step me through this? Hi maghdalena,
I am not really sure this is what you want. Give it a try!
1. Activate the Lasso tool (L). Make a selection of the area to be retouched.
2. Activate the Spot Healing Brush (J).
3. Set this tool to Proximity Match. (This setting will tell Elements to search the surrounding area for replacement pixels.)
4. Drag the brush over the area to be fixed.
NOTE:
Making a selection first gives Elements a helping hand; it limits the area where the Spot Healing Brush will search for replacement material.
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Post by Bailey on Oct 18, 2018 1:52:20 GMT
Hi maghdalena,
I'm in the same boat as Major Major on this one as I am not exactly sure what you would like either.
Hopefully he and Sepiana are on the right track.
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 18, 2018 5:19:41 GMT
Yes, this the image on the right is exactly what I'm talking about!  I'll give this a try over the weekend, so thanks for helping me out. I was so scared I wouldn't be able to do it. Thanks, and I'll let you know how it goes next week. Maghdalena Is There a way to crop the smokey grey out and the blue or is there something better that can be done with the upper left corner, like making it the dark blue of the border, or what do you suggest? Did I use the wrong crop tool? I used the “Rule of thirds” cropping tool and got it as far as I could and as much of the left side out as possible, but I couldn’t get it all. What do I do with that left part because it looks unfinished? Could I just have the rest of it be blue like the dark blue border, or does or copy the color for the rest of the image? Does anyone have any suggestions or help on how to get rid of the greyish blue at least? I just want to know if I can actually do that or if I need to use a different image or start over with a different tool. If so, could you baby-step me through this? Hi maghdalena,
I am not really sure this is what you want. Give it a try!
1. Activate the Lasso tool (L). Make a selection of the area to be retouched.
2. Activate the Spot Healing Brush (J).
3. Set this tool to Proximity Match. (This setting will tell Elements to search the surrounding area for replacement pixels.)
4. Drag the brush over the area to be fixed.
NOTE:
Making a selection first gives Elements a helping hand; it limits the area where the Spot Healing Brush will search for replacement material.
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 18, 2018 5:33:41 GMT
Oops, sorry, Major Major, It's Photoshop Elements 12. Hope that helps. I really like this idea too. It looks awesome! I almost like that better! It's funny I was thinking of that blue border myself:) I'd really like to try both, then I'll pick the one I like most and goes the best with the blue overlay. (See Build Confidence Easily) Maghdalena You don't say what version of PSE you're using, and it's hard to tell exactly what you're trying to achieve, but one thing you could try is using the magnetic lasso tool to select the leftmost part of the image and then delete the selection. That would give you the rightmost part of the image to work with and the leftmost part transparent, like this:
Does that help?
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 18, 2018 6:26:26 GMT
I tried it and tried putting it in, but this way isn't looking the way I was hoping. I like it, but it's just not right for the site. So I'm going to try the other way, that is using the lasso and healing spot brush. A shame, I really liked this one. Oh, well, Thanks anyway. I did find out that the background is transparent on the original image, though. Maghdalena You don't say what version of PSE you're using, and it's hard to tell exactly what you're trying to achieve, but one thing you could try is using the magnetic lasso tool to select the leftmost part of the image and then delete the selection. That would give you the rightmost part of the image to work with and the leftmost part transparent, like this:
Does that help?
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 18, 2018 8:15:58 GMT
Sepiana, OK, I just want to be sure I'm on the same page as you. Select the area to be retouched. That's the blue border and the smokey grey-blue area, right, before I select the spot healing brush. Is that correct? Thanks, I wasn't sure. Maghdalena Is There a way to crop the smokey grey out and the blue or is there something better that can be done with the upper left corner, like making it the dark blue of the border, or what do you suggest? Did I use the wrong crop tool? I used the “Rule of thirds” cropping tool and got it as far as I could and as much of the left side out as possible, but I couldn’t get it all. What do I do with that left part because it looks unfinished? Could I just have the rest of it be blue like the dark blue border, or does or copy the color for the rest of the image? Does anyone have any suggestions or help on how to get rid of the greyish blue at least? I just want to know if I can actually do that or if I need to use a different image or start over with a different tool. If so, could you baby-step me through this? Hi maghdalena,
I am not really sure this is what you want. Give it a try!
1. Activate the Lasso tool (L). Make a selection of the area to be retouched.
2. Activate the Spot Healing Brush (J).
3. Set this tool to Proximity Match. (This setting will tell Elements to search the surrounding area for replacement pixels.)
4. Drag the brush over the area to be fixed.
NOTE:
Making a selection first gives Elements a helping hand; it limits the area where the Spot Healing Brush will search for replacement material.
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 18, 2018 17:08:31 GMT
Sepiana, OK, I just want to be sure I'm on the same page as you. Select the area to be retouched. That's the blue border and the smokey grey-blue area, right, before I select the spot healing brush. Is that correct? Yes, that's correct. You got it! |
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 19, 2018 3:37:11 GMT
Great! As long as I know what *not* to select, that is, the yellow/gold area. That helps a lot, thanks, Sepiana. BTW, how big a brush should I use, a medium sized brush or what? (I thought of that question after posting the last question. Maghdalena Sepiana, OK, I just want to be sure I'm on the same page as you. Select the area to be retouched. That's the blue border and the smokey grey-blue area, right, before I select the spot healing brush. Is that correct? Yes, that's correct. You got it! |
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 19, 2018 3:49:01 GMT
BTW, how big a brush should I use, a medium sized brush or what? When I tested your image, I used a 20 px brush. It worked just fine; I wouldn't go any larger. |
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 21, 2018 7:40:19 GMT
BTW, how big a brush should I use, a medium sized brush or what? When I tested your image, I used a 20 px brush. It worked just fine; I wouldn't go any larger. Sepiana, I gave it a shot, and at first, it didn't work but playing around with it, this is what I got:  Is this what you were talking about. I've found I have to be very patient with myself. I have ADHD, and spatial relationship issues so I wasn't sure if I got it right-finally, lol. I tried it in GIMP, but having issues with someone from those forum's directions as to the colors. He was talking about using a gradient, then came back to this one to try it again, and I had it on the wrong one, and tried it again, with the proximity thing(which was selected) and the brush at 20 pixels, and after about 5 minutes, I got it took a couple of passes, but I think I have it. Did I get the shade right? I feel much better. I was starting to feel intimidated. So I feel like I actually accomplished something tonight. Thanks a lot, and look forward to your perspective and advice. Thanks for your patience. Bright Blessings, Maghdalena |
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 21, 2018 20:13:29 GMT
maghdalena , you got it. Kudos to you! You should be proud of your accomplishment. This kind of retouching requires patience; many times (as you learnt) it takes more than one pass with the Spot Healing Brush to get the job done.
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Post by maghdalena on Oct 23, 2018 4:29:54 GMT
maghdalena , you got it. Kudos to you! You should be proud of your accomplishment. This kind of retouching requires patience; many times (as you learnt) it takes more than one pass with the Spot Healing Brush to get the job done. Yeah, I noticed, lol. Thanks, Sepiana. For everything. I'm good here. Now to put the banner and the image together. I live for thrills.  Maghdalena |
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I'll give this a try over the weekend, so thanks for helping me out. I was so scared I wouldn't be able to do it. Thanks, and I'll let you know how it goes next week. 