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This videos is a specific request from one of our Gold Members (Ian) from Queensland Australia. Thanks Ian. You might have had a similar challenge before if you’ve ever taken a photo of a group of people and that someone special or not so special was missed out of the photo for whatever reason and you’re highly unlikely to be able to re-create the photo opportunity again so the only real option is to ‘Photoshop’ them!Watch the video below to see it in action…
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February 5, 2012 2:38 am
I only have Adobe Elments is there way in elments that I can put in my 2 boys and my husband into a family picture> I took some family pictures of my sibling and their families with my parents at my moms 65th birthday last August. If there is a way I would like to know. The video was great.
August 25, 2011 9:36 pm
Really helpful video Shane. Thanks so much.
August 20, 2011 4:46 pm
Hi:
Superb brillian photographs. Very Good
August 19, 2011 10:48 am
Thanks again for a great tip – this way is so much faster and simpler than other techniques. I guess some tutors just want to show off their skills and make it much harder for inexperienced photoshoppers. Have a great week.
August 19, 2011 8:20 am
Nice work, keep up the enthusiasmm you are pumping now.
August 19, 2011 3:00 am
Glad you’re up on your feet again, Shane. I’ve been there so I know how it looks like.
Thanks for the videos, very instructive although I don’t have PS. Mainly trying to get grips on LR.
August 18, 2011 10:53 pm
dearv shane
i did try your video of adding people to the image
but was not able to get it done
for some reason i am nogeting the black mask layer after cutting the add on imagetried to listen twice to ttutorail
but i do not understand what am i doing wrong
tahks for your help
zeev deck
August 18, 2011 3:04 pm
Well I,m happy you coming back like i know you for 7 years now,.
Take some time just for you and do for some ting you like We call that a break.
Hope every thing come like you want it is.
Me I’m out of service but as sun is good the doctor release me, I give you a bus.
Best regard L.DeVärga
August 18, 2011 10:59 am
Shane, Wow! one of your best. Now I can really use this! Boy, are you getting fancy with the music and intro display page. Looks like it took you a long time to create the starting page.
August 18, 2011 2:19 am
Did my last comment get through?
If I was doing this, I’d have been using the eraser brush on original; mask method makes it look so much easier.
Towards end of video, you notice marks on picture where there are white areas on mask. Could you paint on the mask layer directly so you can be sure all areas are black?
August 18, 2011 2:16 am
Amazin’ what a expert can show you. If I was doing that, I’d have been using the eraser brush on the original to remove the background! The mask method looks so much easier.
Just a thought, but at one stage you show the black mask (bit about “punching hole”) Could you swap screens at end, and paint over the mask itself to see where it wasn’t black, and needed painting out to stop marks appearing on final shot?
August 17, 2011 4:40 pm
Thanks Shane. Got a couple of questions if it’s ok for me to ask here.
I thought the circle of the brush represented its diameter, however, it seems that as you were brushing in the mask, even though the circle overlapped the the image of the two boys, only the area very close to the crosshairs in the centre were being masked. I was surprised that the other parts within that circle weren’t being partially masked? Is it to do with the hardness of the brush?
Secondly, when you ‘undid’ your burning, it seems you were brushing away the effect and it wasn’t with a history brush. Is this a CS5 feature or did I miss something?
August 17, 2011 7:29 am
Thanks, as usual easy to follow. One comment,to clean up the mask especially if I’ve been using a soft brush, I like to alt click on the mask to bring it up to full size on the screen and then paint in any missed spots.
August 17, 2011 4:50 am
Thanks for a great video!! This came at the perfect time. I need to do exactly what you just taught.
August 17, 2011 4:12 am
Thanks for a good demo.
August 17, 2011 1:34 am
Very interesting and learned a lot. Thank you and I need to learn more about masking. Thank you.
August 17, 2011 12:30 am
Thanks for the video, Shane. Very well done. Love the presentation.
August 16, 2011 10:39 pm
This really hit the mark, it got me out of a very curly situation with a very tight timeline… Thanks HEAPS!
Ian