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Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:45 pm
by Pete
I saw some great Photoshop works in here, some of you are really good at it, Pauly is for sure one of them.
( just for the purpose of explaining my idea, I put a pic of the most wonderful guy )
My question is---
-let’s say that I want to remove/erase the fence and the building behind me. I know I could erase everything by just using the erase and cut me out of it but this is a tough and tedious work.
1-Is there a way that I can select a point on the fence and then press- erase everything from this point behind.
2-Or another way would be- let’s say I am focussed at 10 feet, I select depth of field ( it should also be able to tell you, while hovering over your picture, which is the depth of field of everything ) Then you select- erase everything farther than 10 feet.
So, do these features already exist? If so, where can I get some tutorial for using them.
Big Thanks
Happy Easter
Pete
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:51 pm
by DooMer
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:18 pm
by Pete
DooMer wrote:http://laughingsquid.com/you-suck-at-photoshop-by-donnie-hoyle/
Thanks DooMer.
Almost kind of wonder if it is a true story, anyway funy and educative, I liked it.
Take Care
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:35 pm
by MKJ
lasso tool will help you here
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:49 pm
by Captain
If by help you mean round up some French bimbos.
Pete, I have no idea what you want, so I'll just suggest you paste a bunch of marijuana plants on the fence and send the image to your local police precinct.
Thanks and have a nice shower.
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:00 pm
by Κracus
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:21 am
by Pete
Κracus wrote:
Yes How'd you did that?
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:26 am
by Κracus
I used the paint program that comes with windows.... I wasn't exactly going for quality lol.
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:43 am
by Pete
Man! You said -I wasn't exactly going for quality lol.
But still give a great result.
But from the first post I sent in here...Do these features already exist?
If not, I am sure that one of you geek, can program one.
Thanks again.
Pete
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:51 am
by Pete
Captain Mazda wrote:If by help you mean round up some French bimbos.
Pete, I have no idea what you want, so I'll just suggest you paste a bunch of marijuana plants on the fence and send the image to your local police precinct.
Thanks and have a nice shower.
My scanner is out of order, so sorry I am unable to send you some marijuana nor as any VIAGRA as was your subliminal reply.
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:52 am
by Κracus
I think what' you're talking about requires layers.
Essentialy, you would need to use the lasso tool to highlight what you want in the background vs foreground then delete what you don't want.
OR you can just do it the lazy way and erase what you don't want. then paste in the background whatever background it is you want to see.
If you're looking for a 1 button solution it doesn't exist. It does take work, that's why people get paid to do graphic work.

Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:32 am
by Pete
Κracus wrote:I think what' you're talking about requires layers.
Essentialy, you would need to use the lasso tool to highlight what you want in the background vs foreground then delete what you don't want.
OR you can just do it the lazy way and erase what you don't want. then paste in the background whatever background it is you want to see.
If you're looking for a 1 button solution it doesn't exist. It does take work, that's why people get paid to do graphic work.

Thanks Kracus.
So there are no features like the ones I mentionned?
My pic for the example is not a good example of what I meant for the work though.
Imagine/visualize that you have a nice pic of a bird on a branch, during winter at that when there is no leaf left on the tree. You want to keep the bird and the branches but there is a ugly fence and a building in the back of it that you don't want to see. You can lasso the bird well but what about if you want to keep every branches of the tree?
I'll send a pic of it tomorrow.
Take Care
Pete
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:45 am
by +JuggerNaut+
if you do not have or want to "get" photoshop, the free alternative is Gimp.
http://www.gimp.org/
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:59 pm
by Pete
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:if you do not have or want to "get" photoshop, the free alternative is Gimp.
http://www.gimp.org/
Weird coincidence, I've been using it since just a couple of days, I never heard about it before, untill the other day while studying tips for photography.
I did this "great work"

using it.
This pic is more of what I meant, challenging if you want to save the branches and only remove the ugly fence and building behind the cute little bird and saving all the branches with their cherries.
See You!
Pete
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:09 pm
by SoM
i tout i saw a putty cat
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:37 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
"tat"
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:31 pm
by Peenyuh
tawt. taw. putty tat.
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:09 pm
by Captain
I did, I did tee a putty tat
I WIN GAME
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:15 am
by obsidian
Thufferin' Thuccotash!
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:24 am
by +JuggerNaut+
i have no idea why i lol'd for reals, but i did.
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:30 pm
by Pete
Another problem with my pics...
See this pic
It was taken showing the whole cat without missing a pawl. In my images album I can see it whole with even a few inches of snow in front of it's pawl but when I get the photo out of it there's always the pawl missing. I've tried to scale it down, I can't get the original one.
It's not because it is a great picture but just for the principle.
I remember having my photos developed at the corner drug store and I had a real great picture which on the negative was perfect but on the print, it missed a few inches at the bottom making it worthless.
Thanks for your help again.
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:30 am
by AmIdYfReAk
maby you should center the shots, rather then having the focus low.
all of the pictures that you've posted the focus was in the bottom of the photo.
Re: Question to the Pros at Photoshop in here…
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:40 am
by Pete
AmIdYfReAk wrote:maby you should center the shots, rather then having the focus low.
all of the pictures that you've posted the focus was in the bottom of the photo.
Thanks for the advice but how come It is showing all right in my images library and when I take this one out it shows completly different with a pawl missing?