[mtbpaint1]

I recently got Photoshop Elements and its been working great i just dont know what to use to get rid of
this ray of light


and this bluriness


i tried experimenting and cant get it right

 

[binary visions]

Instead of asking questions right off, try doing some Google searches or reading the manual that came with Photoshop. You just got this today or yesterday, it takes some learning.

Hint: for the first one, use the clone tool.

For the second one, use the delete key. There's no saving it.

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

uh o, those have alot to do with the way the shots were taken, there is very little photoshop can do with blurryness...

 

[jacksonpt]

Photoshop is a nice program, but it's not a miracle worker. The first pic will have to be touched up - basically "paint" over the lens flare. IMO, the flare adds some coolness to the shot - I'd be more concerned about contast and color balance in that pic personally.

The second pic is blury - you took a blury shot... photoshop can help it a little, but it's always going to be blury. Use the unsharpen mask to do what you can (Filters | Sharpen | Unsharpen Mask).

FWIW... Based on those 2 pics... it looks to me like you need to work more on your photography and less on your photoshop skills.

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

Hint: for the first one, use the clone tool.

For the second one, use the delete key. There's no saving it.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Instead of asking questions right off, try doing some Google searches or reading the manual that came with Photoshop. You just got this today or yesterday, it takes some learning.

Hint: for the first one, use the clone tool.

For the second one, use the delete key. There's no saving it.

I'd wager that you will f**k up the first picture more by trying to remove the unwanted sun stuff.

 

[anthonysloan]

Even the unsharp mask tool won't save the second one.

Sometimes blurry is good:

But only sometimes...

 

[jacksonpt]

Even the unsharp mask tool won't save the second one.

Sometimes blurry is good:

But only sometimes...

Blury backgrounds are often good... blury subjects are rarely good.

 

[binary visions]

That's a particularly ugly lens flare. However, the fact that it's a mediocre picture will actually help you use the clone tool. Since the guy's armor is underexposed and pretty uniform in color, the clone tool might actually be pretty effective.

Look, Photoshop does not make bad pictures into good pictures. That's a pretty big misconception about digital photo editing. People think that you can start with an under/over exposed, blurry, out of focus or poorly framed picture and turn it into something like Derek, Spomer, or any of ther other great photographers on here post.

To be blunt, both of them would go into my "delete" pile. The second one is totally unusable, and the exposure on the first one is shot to hell. The sky is blown out AND the rider is underexposed. Add the lens flare for that, and you have a candidate for the recycle bin.

Photoshop is a great tool, but only in conjunction with a good picture. Try learning a little more about exposure and photography, and you'll be able to turn good pictures into really good pictures.

You said you "just like to take the pictures", but photography, like anything else, doesn't work that way. You don't "just like to ride down the hill" either, you have to learn how your bike will react and what you're capable of in order to do it well.

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

wow binary you are killing it in this thread, perfectly put. I hate when people think photoshop can make a horribly photographer good...

 

[mtbpaint1]

im not saying those are two awesome pics i want to make better because they are the best shots i took.....their just the first ones i found those problems with

i know what photoshop is used for, i dont plan on making ****ty photos into awesome ones. Only real thing im doing with it is brightening some up, taking out unwanted items (black on the edge of a wide angled shot) and making the rider stick out a little more.

Thanks Binary the clone tool helped a lot, and thanks to anyone else that has had to go through my annoyingness trying to help me. I think im set for a while.

 

[binary visions]

Thanks Binary the clone tool helped a lot, and thanks to anyone else that has had to go through my annoyingness trying to help me. I think im set for a while.

The healing brush works for small spots you want to remove, too. The clone tool requires more precision, but it'll work for larger areas. The healing brush tries to guess what should be in the spot you highlight, and blends it with the surrounding area.

Really great for taking your cousin's zits out of the family portrait, or removing small sun spots/flares from an otherwise well lit picture, not so good for big lens flares like that.

 

[pixelninja]

Look, Photoshop does not make bad pictures into good pictures. That's a pretty big misconception about digital photo editing. People think that you can start with an under/over exposed, blurry, out of focus or poorly framed picture and turn it into something like Derek, Spomer, or any of ther other great photographers on here post.

Uh uh! I saw on CSI the other night that they had a program that could zoom in on someone's tear ducts and extrapolate an image based on the reflection in their tears! I saw them do it, so it must be true!

:nuts:

 

[jacksonpt]

Uh uh! I saw on CSI the other night that they had a program that could zoom in on someone's tear ducts and extrapolate an image based on the reflection in their tears! I saw them do it, so it must be true!

:nuts:

That was the full blown professional version of photoshop - not the main stream consumer grade version (elements).

 

[stinkyboy]

That was the full blown professional version of photoshop - not the main stream consumer grade version (elements).

To be clear, it was a third party plug in running in a demo version of Photoshop 9.

 

[Skookum]

reading the manual that came with Photoshop.

i wish i had a manual. :evil:

Sometimes blurry is good:

i like that pic.

Blury backgrounds are often good... blury subjects are rarely good.

i like this one though...
http://home.comcast.net/~tbanning/KR12.jpg

I hate when people think photoshop can make a horribly photographer good...

Works for me.