Those restorations are great. But I do think the marine could use a bit
less saturation/conrast on the skin.
I'm interested in how you pieced the woman together.
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/16/2011 7:31 PM, Paul Laughlin wrote:
> On 2/16/2011 3:25 PM, Moose wrote:
>> Oh yes! Content-Aware Fill is a real game changer that should be in any book
>> on restoration and retouching.
>>
>> Occasionally, it does something really wacky that leaves me scratching my
>> head. Most of the time, though, it's like
>> magic that can save huge amounts of time.
> I posted the following on another list, after a list reader asked for
> some tips.
>
>
> This is for the spot healing brush with content aware selected.
> 1: Do not hurry the clicks. When clicking on a spot, don't move the
> cursor immediately. Wait until the original cursor returns. Usually a
> second or two. I know that I tend to get going and just click, click,
> click. I kind of got in that habit with the old healing brush and the
> clone brush.
> 2: When working near a line such as a fold in fabric or a lapel or a
> seam, do not attempt to heal near the line. Instead, use a somewhat
> larger brush that spans the line and includes the spot that you want to
> remove. Takes some experimentation and practice.
> 3: When removing a line such as a scratch or an unwanted power line or
> such, use as small a brush as you can be comfortable with. It helps to
> use the shift key along with the mouse button for lines. Click/shift,
> then while holding the shift, release the mouse button and move the
> cursor to the end of the line and click again. Sometimes, particularly
> if the line is long, it helps to remove it in sections. Try to keep
> from ending the line removal in an area with detail. If possible,
> continue the healing line past the detail into an area with minimal detail.
> 4: Do not use the spot healing brush for larger areas. The Content
> Aware Fill works better for that.
>
> The content aware does not work well every time. However, I have found
> that working with the above rules helps immensely. And when it fails,
> the History panel works well to undo. LOL Also, the content-aware does
> not do the same thing over and over. Sometimes, another try will get
> good results.
>
> Russell Brown has some pretty good tutorial, once you get by his goofy
> sense of humor. VBG
> I am inclined to think that a number of people tend to give up too
> quickly on the content aware thing. One needs to try to see how
> Photoshop would look at the content around the area and make the
> selection accordingly. If that makes sense. LOL
>
> To add to this, I think it helps to kind of try to visualize what
> content aware is looking at tor the actual content aware thing. Sure
> would be nice if Adobe would add the ability to exclude certain areas
> from consideration. Maybe in the next version. There is a Russell
> Brown tutorial that shows how to exclude an area. It is a bit
> convoluted, although it does work well. Can't remember just where it is
> at the moment. LOL
> There are a couple of examples of my messing around at:
> <http://www.pbase.com/pelaughlin/stuff&page=3>
> Paul in Portland oR
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