Paul, Did you happen to see my post "Harvest Shower per Marnie"? I removed the lower right bale.
Jack --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent. Very good work. It's quite easy, isn't it? And it can > save a poorly framed photo. I also use this technique to eliminate > elements I don't want. I cloned out a couple of blooms on my recent > "ballet" flower pic. But for situations like this, the extra canvas > can be a savior. > Paul > On Jul 15, 2006, at 10:05 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Hi Paul, > > > > I never tried cloning and manipulating a photo in such a manner. I > > > gave it > > a try using some of my own patented techniques <yeah, right!>. > > What do you > > think? > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/cloneshower.jpg > > > > Good or bad, your instructions provided the impetus to give it a > try. > > > > Shel > > > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Paul Stenquist > > > >> To increase canvas size in PhotoShop, just go to the "Image" pull- > >> down menu at top, then select Canvas size. It will show the > current > >> size. Just make the vertical size one inch bigger and select okay. > >> This will give you a half inch of canvas at the top and bottom. > Then > >> use your clone tool, selecting a brush that is just about half the > >> size of the empty canvas strip. Set the brush at maximum softness > and > >> pick up parts of the bottom row of hay stubble and start laying it > >> into the half inch space. Don't use the section directly above the > >> empty canvas. Mix it up, so you can't notice any repitition. You > can > >> place little bits in here and there to eliminate any pieces that > are > >> obvious repeats. When working right below the bale you may have to > >> increase hardness some and use a smaller brush to avoid any > overlap. > >> If you wish, you can blur the foreground a little bit, although it > >> shouldn't be necessary. Eliminating the bale is a bit harder, > since > >> you have to extend the one behind it. But it's certainly doable. > You > >> can see the entire top edge of the bale behind the offender, so > it's > >> just a matter of cloning in the part below it. You would use some > of > >> the existing bale to do that. You would have to create a > right-side > >> edge, but that's not very difficult if you work in small pieces, > and > >> check your edge lighting in respect to other bales. The way to > become > >> proficient at these things is to do it. Just make sure you save > your > >> work with a different filename. Then you can always go back to the > >> original. > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
