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Head scratching results as usual Babine. You're a magician sir.Selected subject to a new layer; desaturated the BG and added a brick-coloured layer in Colour Mode: painted the grout in a new separate layer and used curves for contrast.
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Thanks very much for taking the time to do this, interesting approach. i wouldn't have thought of it.I decided to replace the background instead of trying to edit the existing wall. Tried to reduce noise on subject and sharpen a little. Also blurred background a little to help blend the two images. Hope you like the results.
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really excellent result, looks very natural. Thanks very much!Here's my try.
- Selected the background wall.
- Added Hue/Saturation layer set to Colorize to achieve a traditional brick color.
- Separately selected the grout areas and desaturated, along with a slight color adjustment.
- Slightly increased the saturation on the woman.
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Thanks Jeff, really nice work. It's a n improvement I didn't realize it needed. The Bricks change was an aesthetic choice. Now f I can figure out how to combine your work with what Babin did with the background, it'll be gold.The more I played with this image, the more I realized it was a very good shot and needed little revision. The wall colors work out fine and provide a soft contrast to the woman.
Only thing I did was brighten here eyes, did an overall sharpening (the image was a bit blurry), and lightened up some shadows on her face.
Repaired some minor blemishes.
I think it needs some tighter cropping but I'll leave that up to the OP.
This is all my opinion of course...and often the wrong one. But this is a beautiful shot and nicely done.
- Jeff
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Thanks Jeff, really nice work. It's a n improvement I didn't realize it needed. The Bricks change was an aesthetic choice. Now f I can figure out how to combine your work with what Babin did with the background, it'll be gold.
If you don't mind my asking, what did you use to sharpen? Topaz?The more I played with this image, the more I realized it was a very good shot and needed little revision. The wall colors work out fine and provide a soft contrast to the woman.
Only thing I did was brighten here eyes, did an overall sharpening (the image was a bit blurry), and lightened up some shadows on her face.
Repaired some minor blemishes.
I think it needs some tighter cropping but I'll leave that up to the OP.
This is all my opinion of course...and often the wrong one. But this is a beautiful shot and nicely done.
- Jeff
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Yep - used Topaz Sharpen AI. I tried using a high pass filter set to overlay but couldn't get the same result. Sometimes it's a matter of playing with different tools to get you to where you want to go.If you don't mind my asking, what did you use to sharpen? Topaz?