sj11 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Hi all, I'm a bit of a newbie with Paint.net and I hoping there is an easy fix to this problem... I have taken some product shots and didn't realise at the time that the blutac I was using to support the product was showing in the shot (at base of pendant). What is the easiest and quickest way to remove this section or blur it with the background? I've tried using the dropper to select the background colour nearby and then using the paint brush to cover it up but my "fix up" seems to stand out just as much as the blutac did in the original... Any suggestions are welcome, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visual Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 (edited) I would select the brush and set it larger. Maybe 40 to 60 pixels. Use color select to match the white background. Set that as your brush color. Carefully color over those blue and shadow parts at the bottom. I could do this very quickly, but it is better to learn than to have things given to you. Forget the speech. This is a freebie [/url]"> Edited August 31, 2013 by Visual 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Are you trying to keep the shadow and reflection of the object? That would really complicate things if you were... Quote No, Paint.NET is not spyware...but, installing it is an IQ test. ~BoltBait Blend modes are like the filling in your sandwich. It's the filling that can change your experience of the sandwich. ~Ego Eram Reputo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I would take the photo again. Your product deserves it and it would be less noticeable. A viewers eye can be incredibly difficult to fool. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Visual, nice job you did! Agree with EER, retake the photo... Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj11 Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 Thanks everyone, especially Visual for the fix up, you're the best!! I'll be sure to look a bit more carefully before taking the shot next time... Out of curiosity Visual, how did you recreate the shadow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visual Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 (edited) Thanks everyone, especially Visual for the fix up, you're the best!! I'll be sure to look a bit more carefully before taking the shot next time... Out of curiosity Visual, how did you recreate the shadow? I made an elipse and filled it with a gradinet of white and dark grey on a new layer. I set it to overlap the object and used eraser to remove overlapped part. I reduced the layer opacity to 50 percent. Hit gaussian blur a couple of times I then used soft saturation on the bottom layer to make it look enhanced. Merge and done. Welsh did a good job above me. That is the most common way. I tried to replace the effect from the original though. Both ways solves your problem. Edited September 1, 2013 by Visual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj11 Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 Fabulous, thanks Welshblue and Visual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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