Tourist or Object Removal

Peano · Jun 11, 2009

silguy said:
Can I have a copy of the actual picture w/ that person out?

Have?? Did you see that layer stack? Sorry, I'm a nice guy, but I'm not crazy.

DeadPixel · Jun 12, 2009

Thats my try to wipe out tourist :mrgreen:

Steph · Jun 12, 2009

Peano said:
silguy said:

Can I have a copy of the actual picture w/ that person out?

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Have?? Did you see that layer stack? Sorry, I'm a nice guy, but I'm not crazy.

Why not? What is so wrong with giving away (as opposed to selling) 30 minutes of your life to a fellow photographer?:meh: I wouldn't call that crazy, I would call that a nice gesture.

Peano · Jun 12, 2009

Steph said:
Peano said:

silguy said:

Can I have a copy of the actual picture w/ that person out?

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Have?? Did you see that layer stack? Sorry, I'm a nice guy, but I'm not crazy.

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Why not? What is so wrong with giving away (as opposed to selling) 30 minutes of your life to a fellow photographer?:meh: I wouldn't call that crazy, I would call that a nice gesture.

No offense intended. It's just that I do retouching commercially. If you were a commercial photographer, you might understand. I would not ask a commercial photographer to just give me his time and skills, and call it a "nice gesture." This is the first time in a very long time that anyone has asked me to simply give them the product of my work. (I do pro bono work, but generally in cases where there's some special consideration like a death of a family member. You might be surprised at how many jobs just like yours come to me by email, sent by people perfectly willing to pay me to fix pictures that are important to them.)

Steph · Jun 12, 2009

Peano said:
No offense intended. It's just that I do retouching commercially. If you were a commercial photographer, you might understand. I would not ask a commercial photographer to just give me his time and skills, and call it a "nice gesture." This is the first time in a very long time that anyone has asked me to simply give them the product of my work. (I do pro bono work, but generally in cases where there's some special consideration like a death of a family member. You might be surprised at how many jobs just like yours come to me by email, sent by people perfectly willing to pay me to fix pictures that are important to them.)

I understand better now. I thought were a hobbyist with very good Photoshop skills and that you were trying to make a few bucks form another TPF member, who did not actually ask for the picture to be retouched but for advice on how to do it. Apologies if I offended you with my comments.

Peano · Jun 12, 2009

Steph said:
Peano said:

No offense intended. It's just that I do retouching commercially. If you were a commercial photographer, you might understand. I would not ask a commercial photographer to just give me his time and skills, and call it a "nice gesture." This is the first time in a very long time that anyone has asked me to simply give them the product of my work. (I do pro bono work, but generally in cases where there's some special consideration like a death of a family member. You might be surprised at how many jobs just like yours come to me by email, sent by people perfectly willing to pay me to fix pictures that are important to them.)

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I understand better now. I thought were a hobbyist with very good Photoshop skills and that you were trying to make a few bucks form another TPF member, who did not actually ask for the picture to be retouched but for advice on how to do it. Apologies if I offended you with my comments.

silguy · Jun 12, 2009

Peano said:
Steph said:

Peano said:

Have?? Did you see that layer stack? Sorry, I'm a nice guy, but I'm not crazy.

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Why not? What is so wrong with giving away (as opposed to selling) 30 minutes of your life to a fellow photographer?:meh: I wouldn't call that crazy, I would call that a nice gesture.

Click to expand...

No offense intended. It's just that I do retouching commercially. If you were a commercial photographer, you might understand. I would not ask a commercial photographer to just give me his time and skills, and call it a "nice gesture." This is the first time in a very long time that anyone has asked me to simply give them the product of my work. (I do pro bono work, but generally in cases where there's some special consideration like a death of a family member. You might be surprised at how many jobs just like yours come to me by email, sent by people perfectly willing to pay me to fix pictures that are important to them.)

Thanks for showing us your capability and your work. My intent wasn't to use your commercialized skills or anything. I just asked if it can be done w/out layering. I really appreciate the response and the support in this community and since you took the time to demonstrate your work, I just figured you did it already, so I asked... I never imagined you'd take it as far as a death of a family member before you share your work. Since that's the case, and it's just outrageous or crazy, then I respect your decisions and I must apologize for asking, or even posting a question like this.

Thanks for everyone's support! :thumbup:

Peano · Jun 12, 2009

silguy said:
I never imagined you'd take it as far as a death of a family member before you share your work.

If you check the links I posted, you'll see that I have shared my work and my knowledge pretty generously. I'm glad to help others who are trying to learn and improve their Photoshop skills. If you want to learn, I'll be glad to help you. But I won't just do the work for you.

silguy · Jun 13, 2009

Peano said:
silguy said:

I never imagined you'd take it as far as a death of a family member before you share your work.

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If you check the links I posted, you'll see that I have shared my work and my knowledge pretty generously. I'm glad to help others who are trying to learn and improve their Photoshop skills. If you want to learn, I'll be glad to help you. But I won't just do the work for you.

I didn't intend for you to do the work for me... :sexywink:

. Thanks for showing your work.

Peano · Jun 13, 2009

silguy said:
Peano said:

silguy said:

I never imagined you'd take it as far as a death of a family member before you share your work.

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If you check the links I posted, you'll see that I have shared my work and my knowledge pretty generously. I'm glad to help others who are trying to learn and improve their Photoshop skills. If you want to learn, I'll be glad to help you. But I won't just do the work for you.

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I didn't intend for you to do the work for me.... Thanks for showing your work.

I'm not going to play semantics games with you, silguy.

silguy said:
Wow, Peano, thanks!!! Can I have a copy of the actual picture w/ that person out?

UUilliam · Jun 13, 2009

here is my attempt, im pretty proud of it

i have the .tif if you would like learning rights to the edit (free learning rights)

Peano · Jun 13, 2009

UUilliam said:
i have the .tif if you would like learning rights to the edit (free learning rights)

Speaking of learning rights, if you check the tutorials I posted earlier, you'll find one that shows how to blur the background without leaving halos like this.

UUilliam · Jun 13, 2009

i know how to remove it... not hard, it was only a quicki job
after all he only asked how to get rid of the tourist, not to make a perfect image, so i focused on the brief

Peano · Jun 13, 2009

UUilliam said:
i know how to remove it... not hard, it was only a quicki job
after all he only asked how to get rid of the tourist, not to make a perfect image, so i focused on the brief

Much better to prevent the halo from occurring in the first place than to try to remove it afterward. On some images, blurring halos can't be convincingly removed at all.