
* sorry if this is the wrong board to post this, but the peoples on the talk coard said that you lot may be able to help me out, please dont shout at me :) *
I was wondering if any of you could help me out. My little brother recently graduated from uni, and his only pics in the full swanky graduation clothes, complete with funky hat, were taken on a shit camera with bad lighting....and also taken by a slightly proud (i.e. tipsy ) dad.
I have photoshop, but am clueless as to what to do to improve the images and help make them all betters ( I know photoshop wont cure everything).
Any nudges in the right direction or links to tutorials would be greatly appreciated.
I kneel before you Mighty Users of Photoshop...........
Ta muchlyness :)
PS. I know this isnt a 'question and answer' session, but I made a promise I quite obviously can't keep :) and will reimburse anyone who helps with a box of jaffa cakes or if your vegetarian, jammie dodgers.
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:33,
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I was wondering if any of you could help me out. My little brother recently graduated from uni, and his only pics in the full swanky graduation clothes, complete with funky hat, were taken on a shit camera with bad lighting....and also taken by a slightly proud (i.e. tipsy ) dad.
I have photoshop, but am clueless as to what to do to improve the images and help make them all betters ( I know photoshop wont cure everything).
Any nudges in the right direction or links to tutorials would be greatly appreciated.
I kneel before you Mighty Users of Photoshop...........
Ta muchlyness :)
PS. I know this isnt a 'question and answer' session, but I made a promise I quite obviously can't keep :) and will reimburse anyone who helps with a box of jaffa cakes or if your vegetarian, jammie dodgers.

And on a Tusday. Those scamps.
Edit:/ add curve adjustment layers and brightnes/contrast adjustment layers. Just google adjustment layers and jpeg post-processing for tutorials. Too many words to explain here on the picture board.
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:35,
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Edit:/ add curve adjustment layers and brightnes/contrast adjustment layers. Just google adjustment layers and jpeg post-processing for tutorials. Too many words to explain here on the picture board.

It's only sensible these questions are asked here.
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:37,
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I'm sure there's plenty of people waiting to help.
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:35,
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filters and unsharp mask may at least help, worth a look at autolevelling too which is ctrl+a I believe, other than that and a few minor adjustments there really isn't that much that's available as an option.
Stage a fake one.
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:36,
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Stage a fake one.

A retake might not be a bad idea actually, though.

Photoshop is the best post-processing tool on the planet as long as you use adjustment layers instead of trying to doctor the original image.
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:42,
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Imagine how great the Turin Shroud would be with a bit of Plastic Wrap.
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:44,
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muslin-wrap filter? ;)
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:51,
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delorian and go back and make your Pa drink orange juice :o)
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:36,
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Bah! There isn't one being organised near where I live!
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:38,
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zank did it too, and he knows better.
sorry i can't help and goodnight.
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:36,
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sorry i can't help and goodnight.


I've just realised that looks smutty.
It wasn't meant that way. Honest!

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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:48,
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It wasn't meant that way. Honest!


or maybe it just blows me away.
super stuff!
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super stuff!

I suggest this one doesn't get a bumming because s/he is so polite.
Mr Bumfish post the picture on here. You may be able to get help but then again you may find that the picture gets altered in a way that you might not like.
Either way it's worth a try.
Make sure the image is under 50kb though.

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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:38,
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Mr Bumfish post the picture on here. You may be able to get help but then again you may find that the picture gets altered in a way that you might not like.
Either way it's worth a try.
Make sure the image is under 50kb though.


Ya think?
:)
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:39,
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:)

If you want some music on the site, send me some and I'll put it on your page.
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:40,
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that let you search for the information you needed on the internet.
www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-gb&q=photoshop+tutorial
Although, in truth, if the photos are shit to start with then photoshop isn't going to do much. You might be able to fix some bad lighting, or straighten and crop badly framed pictures, but you can't polish a turd so to speak. Well, you can't polish it much.
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:39,
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www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-gb&q=photoshop+tutorial
Although, in truth, if the photos are shit to start with then photoshop isn't going to do much. You might be able to fix some bad lighting, or straighten and crop badly framed pictures, but you can't polish a turd so to speak. Well, you can't polish it much.

...actually, I'm not going to try.
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:39,
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and make it into something wonderful in photoshop, but generally speaking you need a decent source image to get a decent result.
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:43,
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I'm not really a photoshop wizard, but I figure if you link to the pictures, people might be able to help you out, as it depends on the quality and so on of the original image.
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adapted from someone else's pic, way back in history [edit: bloop's fleshlight, to be specific]
i blame /talk entirely for all this, you know

its not a pic of me and tbh i know enough to draw a magenta cock on his head anyway :)
Seriously,thanks for the help though :)
P.S. If anyone really wants to then I have the pics on my bebo site and you can download them if you message me
///awaits crank messages ///
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:43,
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Seriously,thanks for the help though :)
P.S. If anyone really wants to then I have the pics on my bebo site and you can download them if you message me
///awaits crank messages ///

Here is a link....Im too much of a mong to even shrink the picture size ..... Hence the asking for help :)
www.b3tards.com/u/88bce8a92f00f9e799a5/cnv00036.jpg
// * do i really know what I'm letting myself in for * //
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Tue 11 Dec 2007, 23:56,
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www.b3tards.com/u/88bce8a92f00f9e799a5/cnv00036.jpg
// * do i really know what I'm letting myself in for * //

There is not enough digital data to save there. It's too poor a capture to do more than highten the contrast, warm up and add a slight unsharp mask. It would look better but it's never going to gain pixel data. Best to paint it.
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Wed 12 Dec 2007, 0:15,
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I just did done a good job on it so der

www.b3tards.com/u/66d0ac74d2a7df9023c9/grad01_edited.jpg
I used Adobe Photoshop Album Starter edition - free to download and has an "autofix" function that clears up pics (a bit)
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Wed 12 Dec 2007, 12:22,
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I used Adobe Photoshop Album Starter edition - free to download and has an "autofix" function that clears up pics (a bit)