Urgent help needed!!! pleaseeeeeee

[Eberth]

Hi, i'm desperate, i hope someone can help me

i opened my big mouth, and i told a friend i met tatu, the russian group, and he asked me for any proove, and i told him, i had a photograpy with the girls, but the problem is that i dont have it!!:(, so i made a photomontage in photoshop, but it sucks, so this is why i'm asking for your help, because if i dont show him the photo, i'll have to pay him 60 dlls, so, here are the photos

www.eberthdesigns.com/image1.jpg
www.eberthdesigns.com/image2.jpg
www.eberthdesigns.com/image3.jpg

I want to take out that guy on the photo, and put myself on his place, so the photo looks like the girls are with me, and if you want, you can use the background on image 3,

thanks to anyone that helps
ps. urgent.....
ps2. if you want, you can take off my arm ;)

[senocular]

LOL

i wish I knew how to help....


lol

[Scootman]

haha... thats hilarious... i see how its possible... if you cut out the people and put them a layer above you... but thats a lot of tedious work to cut out the people and still make it look good... sorry i cant help

[Eberth]

yeah, i made that, but the result was horrible
http://groups.msn.com/LasTatu/elmejoramigodelhombre.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=681

look, it is HORRIBLE!!!! and it looks FAKE!!!
:trout:

[senocular]

yeah the biggest thing is getting the colors right... in different lighting the colors between 2 images is off enough to tell its a photoshop deal, so thats something to spend some time on tweaking

[eyeinfinitude]

Eberth, you better start selling bottles and cans to save up for that $60 dollars because it's going to be really tough to combine those images and make it look authentic. I would love to see someone try though. =)

[Eberth]

OMG I'm in a big trouble...

[Makaveli]

lol, no ur not!! pressure is an excellent way to learn.....i would suggest you learn how to do this now or .......you know the consqeunces :flower:
the problem is ur face is 2 birght, suggestion, use curves :)

[senocular]

one you do learn, you can get a job at one of those nude celebrity sites =)

[eyeinfinitude]

Remember I never said it wasn't possible, just really tough and time consuming. You're going to have to do some airbrushing, some color burns here and there, play with the lighting, oh man you're in deep sh*t now..... I would love to help, but I don't think I can pull it off. :-\

[Eberth]

Yeah!!!
:crazy:

[Eberth]

Curves???

[Makaveli]

lol, you guys stop being so negative :P

here are some tutorials i suggest you give a shot....they should help :)

http://www.digital-creativity.org.uk/tutorials/tutorial_20.html

http://www.digital-creativity.org.uk/tutorials/tutorial_32.html

show us what you get

[eyeinfinitude]

Wow Mak, those are pretty good tutorials for photo manipulation. Eberth, you better take advantage of those tutorials, they could save you $60. =)

[Makaveli]

yea EG, one that i really like is

http://www.stridingstudio.com/tutorials/photomanip.html

but that one is more advanced

[iLikePie]

hey eberth...

your first attempt has a few problems, but it's on the right track. First, as people have said, you need to fix the differences in the lighting of the faces, and maybe even how that matches the backgrounds lighting.

The other main thing that's always obvious in photos is hair - those little strands that are such a pain to individually mask - but when you don't do it, the hair is too smooth and it's obviously wrong. That could take ages, but something has to be done with it...

if i have time, i'm gonna have a play with your photo's in about half an hour, but i think you should keep trying too... i hope we can fool your friend just to show how l33t our image skills are :chinaman:

Stuart

[Eberth]

ok!! :D i'll keep trying

[dr_vroeg]

I know the kind of trouble your in and like I said before...I am tired and I had nothing better to do...
so the file has been attached....take a look and tell me what you think...
:o

[eyeinfinitude]

Hey that's pretty good, but I think the lighting on his right side is just a little bit off, but that's still better than anything I would of done. Eberth, he saved your *****!! ahhaha =)

[Makaveli]

good job vroeg, only the face is slightly messed up, nothing a little clean up work wont fix =)

lol, oh yea, the head is too big...... :P

[dr_vroeg]

yes yes....all these things are true but keep in mind he is a guy and his head might be a bit larger. So in my quest for perfection I tweaked the levels.

Enjoy!!
<:}

[senocular]

I still think theres too much contrast in his face :q:

the shadowing on the right is premo :)

[iLikePie]

i dunno about that, i think the contrast is pretty much spot-on. If you look at the brightest parts of the left girl's face (on her nose and forehead) they are about the same as his brightest points. Same deal with the shadows.

if i didn't know better, i would really have thought it was a genuine photo... top stuff vroeg!!:beam: :A+:

guess i don't need to bother now :p

Stuart

[senocular]

theres more of a gradual gradation in the girls face though, its softer. YOu get a pretty big jump from his dark to light. Hes also got a little too much highlight... the girls have only one hard hilite on ther noses, hes got some extra going on in his cheek and especailly the forehead. Its many indoor light sources vs one hard sun source.... actually his face could lose some red too.



I think the border of leftgirl and his shirt could use some shadowing too. Theres an obvious leftward light source and that area left of the w on his shirt would seem as though it should be shaded by leftgirls body. You can see how dark the original guys shirt is.

[dr_vroeg]

Once again these things are all true but if you refer back to the original photo of him the light that was on his face was sunlight...I am not saying it can't be done,but it is awfully difficult to make a gradation on a face like that without looking contrived.
I may try again but until I get a response from Eberth I might actually work on other things.

Thanks anywho!:P

[senocular]

yeah, dont get me wrong you did an EXCELLENT job, especially that quickly, Im just pointing out nuances which may lead to disrupting its credibility.

definitely something to work from Eberth :)

[Eberth]

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you


=) You've done it!! :D

it's great, and yes, you've saved my ***** :)

[andr.in]

lol! Imagine what would've happened if this forum didn't exist!!!;)
You gott stop makin those bets!

[Eberth]

yes i will never do that kind of bets :+) , but i got to learn how to do that amazing stuff!!, i'll keep practicing

[dr_vroeg]

Okay, well you are very very very very very very welcome...I just expect half that bet money....email me for details:sure:
just kidding....but seriously
if anyone is bored and wants me to make wreak some photoshop havoc...send some pics!!
C:-)

[Eberth]

Why dont you do a tutorial?:A+: You're great

[andr.in]

The tutes posted here were greate too!
I'll try something after I've watched The Simpsons!
:flower:

[Eberth]

Hey dr_vroeg, i was wondering if you could please send me the source file, so i can see how you acomplished that amazing effect, if you havent deleted it yet, please send it to eberth_@msn.com, again, thanks for everything :P

[dr_vroeg]

Well, here's the thing...

The photo's that you posted and I edited weren't done with a single photoshop filter or function. It was a collection of filters layers and effects to produce the end result...

Okay so since I am on a roll I will try and describe the method to which the guy in the photo.

Keep in mind this was completed in photoshop on a PC.

First of all you need to move yourself to the target photo...you'll notice that I did not put you in the background that you included, the reason for this is that it would look too staged and also all of that cutting and pasting would make it look terrible. Okay, so now you have a picture of you on the layer above the original photo. With the original photo layer selected, pick your lasso tool and set the feather to 1 or two pixels...I did this for your photo b/c the girls were slightly blurred and it made the transition between you and the girls softer...anyway, with the lasso tool selectedtrace around the area that you want yourself located...ie, between the two girls. Now, select the layer with you in it and then press ctrl+shft+i, this selects the inverse and then simply press delete.

Okay now that you are where you should be...you need to match the colors and hues of your face to the girls. A very simple way is to Edit>Adjust>Hue Saturation. By sliding the hue you will attain the proper color, by sliding the saturation you will change how much color is actually visible. Use your own eye and match them as best possible. Now that the colors match you need to do something about the high contrast of your face...you are supposed to be indoors and according to the photo you are obviously experiencing much more light then your female counterparts. Under Edit>Adjust>Brightness Contrast change the contrast just a little bit so that the highlights in you face are brought down a touch. There are other things you can do including burning in shadows...messing with the levels found in the Adjust menu and also changing the curves in the same menu...

There are many more steps into completing the image how you want it completed but everyone has their own way...Hopefully you got this far and the rest I will leave up to you...

Enjoy!!:cowboy:

[lostinbeta]

Thanks for that info dr_v.... it will come in handy definitely.



And 100% excellent Image Manipulation man.

[kode]

lol :P :P

... there's always someone who can save your ***** ;)

[Eberth]

thanks, :P

[Shazmax]

Oh and last tutorial - tell the truth next time.
;P

[dr_vroeg]

???

Did I miss something Shaz?(-:

[Makaveli]

:cyborg: what is going on?? Shaz...what is truth



oh wait..............the whole reason the thread was made.....right :beam: HONESTY IS good Eberth!!! :P :P

then again..........lieing won you $60!!! you did get that $$$ didn't you?? or did he back out.....:sigh:

[mdipi]

WOW! that was really good! and i can use that too! sweet thanks! and this guy saved ur arse EBerth!

[Eberth]

he said, I will pay you next friday, so i'm waiting :D

[lostinbeta]

100% of that should go to Shazmax :P

He did all the work <B>AND</B> it will teach you a lesson :beam:



:trout:

[Shazmax]

ROFL

[dr_vroeg]

Correct me if I am wrong...but I believe that I was the one that saved his arse!....

I see how it is...no love for a noob that just wants a little attention.:love:

[lostinbeta]

EEP... Sorry vroeg!!!

I am getting names confused in my head here (again).

Ok Shaz...... you get nothing!!!

vroeg gets everything and I hope to get forgiveness.

[dr_vroeg]

That is alright lost...

I can't hate...when you get little sleep and your eyes have gone crosseyed from scripting and design manipulation you tend to understand!:eye:

[dr_vroeg]

:geek: you know what is really dumb?....Lost, you live in the same city as my ex! good for you!!:love:

[lostinbeta]

Living in Philly is never a good thing... Philly blows!

[dr_vroeg]

maybe but odly enough so does...


...wait ! my therapist said I need to stop thinking like that!
:sigh:

[lostinbeta]

LOL... I stopped listening to my therapist long ago :evil:

[Shazmax]

Hahaha...even funnier - I thought you were joking around cuz I put just one comment on there, but you actually were giving me credit.

[iLikePie]

since this thread is already hijacked...
dr_vroeg, your footer is really cool :smirk:

that is all

Stuart

[dr_vroeg]

Thanks Pie...

you know, the think I hate most about flash is that you always learn something new...this is why I never stop making personal websites because, quite frankly, I never like the one I complete after I discover something new....

hmmm...how deep(no one cares):smirk:

[lostinbeta]

Originally posted by dr_vroeg
Thanks Pie...

you know, the think I hate most about flash is that you always learn something new...this is why I never stop making personal websites because, quite frankly, I never like the one I complete after I discover something new....

hmmm...how deep(no one cares):smirk:

I know exactly what you mean... I have been trying to create a Flash version of my site for some time now. By the time I get halfway through my site I think of something else and I start to dislike the one I am working on so I scrap it. It is a pain.

[dr_vroeg]

Lost...I know that this already occurs but what someone should do is start a community site like this one that calls upon the tallents of all the scripters, gamers, designers, html-ers:sure: to create sites for companies...

Everyone would work on commision and would be chosen by as need basis...

hmmm...money for this thing? not possible!:beam:

[Makaveli]

funny you should mention this ....considering

http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14669

=) =)

[dr_vroeg]

and odly enough...

I got a call from a client and booked a job for myself that will take a month of my time so...

The atmosphere is certainly blinb blinb around here!:pope:

[dr_vroeg]

WHERE'S MY MONEY?! :azn:

LOL ;)

[simplistik]

hu? 2yrs dawg!

[Voetsjoeba]

Lol ... you oldthreadbumper you ...

[dr_vroeg]

I'm just saying it's been like two years! I demand results lol (-:

[Voetsjoeba]

:P

[dr_vroeg]

With that tongue lashing I will take this opportunity to say.... 200th post!! :party:.......I mean 120... :crazy: