touch up a photo? help please

[princessbaby122]

http://i37.tinypic.com/tanhww.jpg

can someone please get that to look more realistic? id appreciate it so much, thanks

[Aleksman71]

Please upload bigger picture,at least 800pixels vide.
Like this.

[princessbaby122]

Originally Posted by Aleksman71

Please upload bigger picture,at least 800pixels vide.
Like this.

here you go

[Aleksman71]

It is still smal 270 x 327 pixels.

[princessbaby122]

Originally Posted by Aleksman71

It is still smal 270 x 327 pixels.

thats the only size i have for that one... the only other picture i have is this one [attached] but see i dont want it with that background, i wanted it with the background thats there [also attached], plus the smaller one has the arm around in the back.. which is how i need it. the other doesnt

[des151]

Maybe its my old eyes but the guy's right arm looks wrong to me.
Ray

[Koosla]

Is the first one (the couple against a black background) the photo as originally captured? Because it looks already heavily processed in several ways (the absolutely black background, the girl's hair cutout, perhaps even some heavy-duty noise reduction), and that's inevitably going to get in the way of any attempt at a careful, realistic photocompositing.

It's always better to work with the highest quality and least processed images (i.e. the originals, as they were originally captured), even if they initially look bad -that's why RAW format, if available, is preferable: it completely avoids any (possibly improper) pre-processing, giving the advanced retoucher the ability to process the original material in the best possible way for the intended result.

[princessbaby122]

Originally Posted by Koosla

Is the first one (the couple against a black background) the photo as originally captured? Because it looks already heavily processed in several ways (the absolutely black background, the girl's hair cutout, perhaps even some heavy-duty noise reduction), and that's inevitably going to get in the way of any attempt at a careful, realistic photocompositing.

It's always better to work with the highest quality and least processed images (i.e. the originals, as they were originally captured), even if they initially look bad -that's why RAW format, if available, is preferable: it completely avoids any (possibly improper) pre-processing, giving the advanced retoucher the ability to process the original material in the best possible way for the intended result.

i understand completely. but unfortunately those are the only photos available..can anything be done with them?

[Koosla]

There ya go:

Low.JPG

(Less compressed JPEG version here).

I've been unable to fix the girl's hand around the guy's shoulder or to replicate the guy's other arm -I have zero painting skills.

But at least the photocompositing's done, and the image looks somewhat higher resolution & quality. Maybe someone else can work on the remaining issues.

[princessbaby122]

Originally Posted by Koosla

There ya go:

Attachment 65139

(Less compressed JPEG version here).

I've been unable to fix the girl's hand around the guy's shoulder or to replicate the guy's other arm -I have zero painting skills.

But at least the photocompositing's done, and the image looks somewhat higher resolution & quality. Maybe someone else can work on the remaining issues.

thank you so much, hopefully someone can

[garibaldi]

Hot background, who drop[ kicked the screen door off the house?