Fauxtoto
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Quebec, Canada
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Post by Fauxtoto on May 20, 2018 13:34:09 GMT
Did you use a manual Luminosity mask to blend the two images? Thank you Sepiana. I used two layers: Helen's picture at the bottom and the Ottawa picture at the top, with the layer mask. In it, I did the right wall with a slightly feathered selection using the polygonal lasso tool. For the rest, I first did a rough painting around the edges with a relatively large smooth brush. I refined it afterwards with a smaller smooth brush. It took about 45 minutes; like some patience game. After the fact, I suspect it would have been difficult to use a manual luminosity mask technique, because there seems to be a lot of different tones to blend in different places around the edges. I did not think much for this one. Only after I had finished, I realized that the boy’s T-shirt at the right bottom was cut straight as it was coming from the end of its original image. Since the game was over, I just, loosely, not to say badly, tried to attenuate the error on a third layer, by reshaping the T-shirt with the clone stamp. It did not prevent a close and lovely observer to exclaim: “What have you done to the boy?” A reminder to keep paying attention to all parts of the image you are working on, at all times. |
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Post by Sepiana on May 20, 2018 17:58:13 GMT
Did you use a manual Luminosity mask to blend the two images? . . . I used two layers: Helen's picture at the bottom and the Ottawa picture at the top, with the layer mask. In it, I did the right wall with a slightly feathered selection using the polygonal lasso tool. For the rest, I first did a rough painting around the edges with a relatively large smooth brush. I refined it afterwards with a smaller smooth brush. It took about 45 minutes; like some patience game. After the fact, I suspect it would have been difficult to use a manual luminosity mask technique, because there seems to be a lot of different tones to blend in different places around the edges. Fauxtoto, thanks for taking the time to answer my question!
I quite agree with you. I went back and checked your image. It would have been rather difficult to use the Luminosity mask technique in this case. What was I thinking?
Yes, indeed, making a selection is like a patience game. If one hurries, one may end up with what I describe as a selection made with a cleaver and pasted on the new background with a glop of Super Glue. Spending about 45 minutes on your selection paid off. The results are excellent!
You may already know about this technique to lend a helping hand to the selection process. After using Refine Edge to fine-tune the edges of my selection, I take these extra steps to remove any "glowing" fringe which may still be visible.
1. Add a layer mask to your selection. (If you have PSE 11 and above, just select the "New Layer with Layer Mask" output option in the Refine Edge dialog.) 2. Open the new background file you want to use for your composite. Move or copy/paste your selection onto it. 3. Activate the Brush tool. Make sure your foreground color is Black; change the Brush Mode to Overlay. 4. Click on the layer mask and begin painting over the fringe. You see will see the fringe start to disappear (while keeping your selection intact).
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