Can anything be done with this?

Kiasmum

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My photoshop skills don't run to improving the background in this picture:bang:

If you can help at all I would be very grateful-and if you could spell out exactly what you did then I'll be able to have a go myself on another shot I have.

Thanking you in anticipation:D

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The easiest way would be to blur the background to concntrate the veiwers attention on the subjects more.

Duplicate the image as a layer, click the eye icon ( visability) off on the top layer, select the background layer and add some gaussain blur to blur the background.

Now select the top layer and turn the Eye icon back on and add a layer mask now using the brush tool and black paint you can reveal the blurrerd layer if you make a mistake change to white paint to reverse it.

A quick and dirty example for you.

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Thank you very much:clap: that's just the sort of thing I had in mind.
 
Now where's that shark when we need it :lol:
 
Fifteen mins with the 'Magic Extractor'. Kinky sounding 'tool'..... I know I've lost his ponytail and the fuzz's belt but hey this is my first attempt with this kind of software. (Elements 7, all £35 worth... bought yesterday)
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Spend 30 mins with this puppy and some erasers and who knows ***...
 
I like the version posted by Paul the most, not quite as 'extreme' as the one from Nick.
 
MadMacro said:
Fifteen mins with the 'Magic Extractor'. Kinky sounding 'tool'..... I know I've lost his ponytail and the fuzz's belt but hey this is my first attempt with this kind of software. (Elements 7, all £35 worth... bought yesterday)
Spend 30 mins with this puppy and some erasers and who knows ***...
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Thanks for another idea :)
 
MadMacro said:
Fifteen mins with the 'Magic Extractor'. Kinky sounding 'tool'..... I know I've lost his ponytail and the fuzz's belt but hey this is my first attempt with this kind of software. (Elements 7, all £35 worth... bought yesterday)
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Spend 30 mins with this puppy and some erasers and who knows ***...
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This so needs a play with the refine edge tool. Pretty extreme blur, how about a slight lens blur instead of gaussian blur?
 
mrgubby said:
Where did you get Elements 7 for £35 ????
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The website is gone! Scary. :thumbsdown: The download was direct from Adobe and product key came from Adobe and it registered ok......:shrug:

subseasniper said:
This so needs a play with the refine edge tool. Pretty extreme blur, how about a slight lens blur instead of gaussian blur?
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Good idea, will try with one of my own pics, this was the second play I'd had with Elements so am on a VERY steep learning curve and with so little time to play.....:help:

It's better than Paint.net though! :)
 
MadMacro said:
The website is gone! Scary. :thumbsdown: The download was direct from Adobe and product key came from Adobe and it registered ok......:shrug:



Good idea, will try with one of my own pics, this was the second play I'd had with Elements so am on a VERY steep learning curve and with so little time to play.....:help:

It's better than Paint.net though! :)
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I hear you, I am somewhere on that curve myself. One thing that really helped me was the digital photography connection podcasts from iTunes. The guy knows his stuff and explains everything as he goes, I really can't follow the magazine tutorials that just tell you what to do. I'm like, 'why?' I want to know what effect my actions will have instead of being blindlly lead somewhere.
 
subseasniper said:
I hear you, I am somewhere on that curve myself. One thing that really helped me was the digital photography connection podcasts from iTunes. The guy knows his stuff and explains everything as he goes, I really can't follow the magazine tutorials that just tell you what to do. I'm like, 'why?' I want to know what effect my actions will have instead of being blindlly lead somewhere.
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Sounds useful, any further info/names/links please?
I totally agree with you about magazine tutorials, they seem like the perfect definition of 'the blind leading the blind' to me.
 
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My quick and dirty attempt. Used a mild lens blur for background
 
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