Photo Compositing - - Isolated subject from background... now what? - Page 2

aubli · #16 02-12-2007, 04:14 PM

Oh, wow... sorry for my long silence, I didn't realize I was still getting replies! Thank you all.

I took a bit of a break from this one and then came back to it. Craig, what you said about extractions retaining all the old shadows really helped -- I went back to my original image and really looked at where the shadows fell. Then I basically tried to recreate them, but with a cleaner overall look.

Since that shadowed leg was being such a pain, I purposefully made my lighting even more spotlight-like in an attempt to work with it rather than fighting it (cause fighting it simply didn't seem to be working!). It was great to see you guys' take on it, and it helped me come back to it again with fresher eyes. Here's what I came up with -- I'd love to hear any more of your thoughts or feedback on how to improve it further.

(edited cause my grammar is terrible, ha!)

nomi · #17 02-12-2007, 06:17 PM

aubli,

That is very nice. I really like the placement of your shadow.

nomi

Elamdri · #18 02-12-2007, 08:00 PM

I would try the match color tool to be truly honest. I've had a lot of success with that. From there its a matter of putting texture into the background.

aubli · #19 02-13-2007, 01:50 AM

Elamdri, are these suggestions for further improvements, or for a redo?

I'm not sure I understand your suggestion about using the color match tool -- do you mean that I should give some slight color cast (based on the original image) to the shadows in my latest edit, to take them away from pure gray? Or are you referring to something else?

And what kind of texture would you suggest? The background does seem a bit flat, but I wonder if I could get away with just adding in a little noise to fix that.

aubli · #20 02-13-2007, 02:59 AM

And thanks, nomi!

Elamdri, I think I've got it (forgive me, it's morning where I am and I'm feeling a bit sluggish yet

). Were you recommending the color match tool as a way to help with the uneven lighting on the foot? I did try that, with some success -- I think it made the transition in lighting seem less jarring, but wasn't enough to actually make the lighting appear even.