Editing a Backdrop

[Mark Lynham]

Hi, just wondered how people got marks and creases out of backdrops post photo.
For the one i did here i masked the girl and applied a gaussian blur to it but just wondered if there was a 'general' way of doing it..

[Mags ッ]

This works well imo. I am only just getting to grip with layers and masks, so I can't help.

The question would be, I think, do you want to keep or lose the shadow? If you don't want the shadow then the world is your lobster!

[Mark Lynham]

oh no, the shadow was a definite keeper, its just that the floor had all sorts of marks, the backdrop had a couple of small tears. I started with cloning and healing but got bored and so tried the blur which worked quite nicely..

[Paul "Snapchap" Everest]

@markyl Mark. It depends on the amount of creasing. For really small amounts then the spot healing brush does quite a good job. For larger, more persistent creases I have selected the background, feathered the edges and used surface blur with quite a lot of success but gaussian blur is good too.

[K1W1]

I would have said exactly what has been said. Spot healing, cloning, mask and blur. This looks really good. I love it.

[Stacey]

This looks great. Sometimes what I do if it is just a solid background ( but not wanting shadow) I add a blank layer, select the eye dropper tool and sample the color from the background I want, then use the brush to fill it in. This doesn't work well though if you want any sort of gradient or shadow.

[Mom With a Camera]

I agree, spot healing, cloning for smaller amounts and the blur and masking works wonderfully for when it's just way to much to deal with.

Lovely image by the way, I like the shadow, it greats a nice depth that is sometimes missing with shots like this.

[Diana England]

Whatever else, it's a really lovely picture.

[Mark Lynham]

@steampowered @k1w1 @newbie @mwac @medusa thankyou all. I've been asked to shoot a couple of kids tonight, not literally obviously, and i only have a muslin cloth backdrop so am very aware that im going to get some creases etc i may be trying some of these additional tips later, many thanks :-)

[K1W1]

Good luck :)

[Paul "Snapchap" Everest]

@k1w1 Give it a bash, see what needs to be done and then if the worst comes to the worst, plaster a texture right over the picture! ;o)

[☮Lee Gordon☮]

no general way, everyone works differently as has been said cloning spot healing and bluring are good , smudge tools are also really effective if you drop the opacity as well as textured mask overlays

[Mark Lynham]

@steampowered lol Paul :-)

[karenpics]

Photoshop has a blemish fixing too. I use it to clean up everything, including all the dings that were on this door:

[Michelle T]

Better yet, shoot on a clean backdrop. It's SOOOOO worth the time cleaning up the backdrop as much as possible before you shoot. :)