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Posted on 05/02/09 9:16:57 PM |
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Robert Ginsberg
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How to destroy a pattern?
Hi Steve, thank you for a great book! It has helped me a lot! I got stucked on following issue thou. I havenīt property release on the earrings, and to be able to use the image commercially, I need to in some way destroy the pattern, and still make it to look good. Any hints are welcome!Regards, 
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Posted on 06/02/09 00:22:54 AM |
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cy98
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Re: How to destroy a pattern?
Don't know how sticky they are on the pattern being copy righted. Perhaps you can just change the blossom to another style, like a trumpet rather than round. |
Posted on 06/02/09 08:50:28 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: How to destroy a pattern?
This is a really tricky one, Robert. The stark black and white design will make any automatic selection almost impossible. Your best bet here, I'd say, would be to add a new elliptical design on a new layer on top of the earrings, and then mask them out so they appear to blend into the hair - or, perhaps more easily, take some hair from the sides, remove the white background, and place this on top. If I get the chance, I'll have a go at this later. Welcome to the forum! Steve |
Posted on 06/02/09 7:00:40 PM |
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Robert Ginsberg
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Re: How to destroy a pattern?
Thanks, this is a great forum. I made some progress thou on an easier image. To make the hair look good after that I have modified the pattern is the challenge for me. I managed to use Box blurr to alter the pattern a little bit. I will try you suggestion to take the hair from the sides. 
Ps Cy98, Thanks for your suggestion. Istockphoto are very very picky on property rights. I checked all the clothes and shoes, but missed this part .... frustrating ... :-( but an a opportunity to learn a lot about CS3 :-) _________________ Robbix |
Posted on 07/02/09 00:07:47 AM |
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cy98
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Re: How to destroy a pattern?
You might be able to take some hair cutouts from another similar shot and then paste and blend into final shot. |
Posted on 07/02/09 03:52:04 AM |
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vibeke
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Re: How to destroy a pattern?
Very nice, I had a quick try and gave up. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 07/02/09 07:26:17 AM |
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maiden
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Re: How to destroy a pattern?
I had a try not sure if this is what you're after 
What I did was copy the orginal layer and Invert it (therefore the black parts of the pattern are white and the white parts black) I created a pen tool path around the earrings and convert it to a selection (feathering the selection by 0.5 pixels) from which I made a layer mask on the inverted layer. Unlinking the layer mask from the layer I then used a Gaussian Blur to blur out the pattern until it was unrecognisable then Desaturated the layer and once again Inverted it (bringing back the correct luminosity for the earrings) I Duplicated this layer and applied the layer mask to the layer (although that's not totally neccessary) then added a Plastic Wrap to this layer then changed it's Blending Mode to Soft Light. I also added a Hue & Saturation Adjustment Layer to this layer to give it some colour. Finally after merging the visible layers I used the Smudge Tool set to 1px to bring back some hair detail around the left (as we look at the picture) earring. Hope that helps. Becky |
Posted on 07/02/09 11:23:57 AM |
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Robert Ginsberg
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Re: How to destroy a pattern?
Thank you all for great suggestions! :-) I took another path for a while and explored Steves suggestion, and redesigned the whole earring. I was really easy after watching the video on how to use bevel function! I put it in place, and that worked fine! My remaining isssue is to how to get the hair in place. I didnīt get the cloning work well, so I tried to use a fine brush to "extend" the hair over the earing. Iīve tried a lot of combinations, but the hair doesnt look 100% real. I would be greatful for hints on how to set up the brush for "hair" painting. Regards, 
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