alright i know its possible but how do it do it, padi shoot need pro help here

akhoopes wrote in post #3468350
ok this looks good but how did you do it, explain please

I used the stamp and heal to remove the drywall mud. Selected color range to get the background. A levels layer to lighten it. Hue Saturation to desaturate it. Color balanced the whole image. Hit the final result with Velvia Vision plug in from Fred Miranda.

Here is my take on this image

HOSTED PHOTO
please log in to view hosted photos in full size.

mask, levels pretty much all that's needed, but what I hope you learned is that you have to loose the fix it in PS attitude. Get it right in camera first.

Tell the client that they need to paint before you can take the pictures.
blow the walls out with flash.
some backdrop muslim.

200 photo's X 15 mins = 50 hours @ 30.00 an hour PP = $$1500.00 You could of paid to have someone paint the walls for you and ended up better off.

My vote would be to reshoot. It's your name on the photo's. PSed photos aren't going to look the same, not that they can't but how much do you want to spend to get them ok? And do you just want to send ok work out the door?

Bob

snokid wrote in post #3469438
mask, levels pretty much all that's needed, but what I hope you learned is that you have to loose the fix it in PS attitude. Get it right in camera first.

Tell the client that they need to paint before you can take the pictures.
blow the walls out with flash.
some backdrop muslin.

200 photo's X 15 mins = 50 hours @ 30.00 an hour PP = $$1500.00 You could of paid to have someone paint the walls for you and ended up better off.

My vote would be to reshoot. It's your name on the photo's. PSed photos aren't going to look the same, not that they can't but how much do you want to spend to get them ok? And do you just want to send ok work out the door?

Bob

Exactly!

Paint the walls all you want, I can't get past the god-awful reflection of the $20 fluorescent light fixture in the windshield.......

dekalbSTEEL wrote in post #3469465
PI can't get past the god-awful reflection of the $20 fluorescent light fixture in the windshield.......

hehehehehe!

dekalbSTEEL wrote in post #3469465
Paint the walls all you want, I can't get past the god-awful reflection of the $20 fluorescent light fixture in the windshield.......

Exactly what I was thinking

dekalbSTEEL wrote in post #3469465
Paint the walls all you want, I can't get past the god-awful reflection of the $20 fluorescent light fixture in the windshield.......

thats not a florescent, its a sky light and i agree as well, everyody is editing the image and making smart comments but few people are helping, im not aksing for every one to give me there opinion what they think i should do or should have done, im asking for help to fix a situation that already happen, and if you can fix it, explain to me how you did it, if your not gonna do that then just dont reply, not to be rude but im looking for specific help, not a consencus. thanks again to those that did and are helping.

Are you willing to pay for this work? If not then Beau H. and snokid have already answered your question. It's gonna take you a while to do this to 200 pics.

they have indeed thats what i said thank you all.

Why don't you get one of the offshore cut out companies to do it for you? I can dig out some links if you want - most will do one image as a sample for you, but that way you should get really professional looking results much cheaper than if you had to spend all your time doing it.