I have been working with Photoshop for several years now. I usually had older versions, like Photoshop2 or whatever it was. I was feeling pretty comfortable with them, and very excited when we upgraded to CS4. Now, I know it has been a few years, and so I am a bit out of practice.. but this is INSANE! I can't figure out how to make these pics look right.
I am pretty decent at merging an extra person into a pic. It is a lot of work, but it looks good. Well, the lines do anyway. It is the COLOR that I fight with. It is so complicated to make the skin tones match up, or to something as simple as softening the one person to match the rest of the pic. It should be simple, it should be fast, it should be DONE by now. But, it is not.
I am reading Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book, and Photoshop CS4 for Photographers right now. But they are both intense class room style book. I am excited about them, and am sure in the future they will have been a great aid to me. However, they are most definitely NOT a quick how-to reference guide. My dear Husband think I should be able to just sit down, read them in a few days and boom know what I am doing. Now, he may have some text book super memory brain, but I do not. I need to spend quite a bit of time studying the book, highlighting things, trying them, reading it again, and really digging in. It will most likely be a 5 or 6 month endeavor. Oh, and my SIL gave me the books so I wouldn't have to buy them (ya expensive) saying I could return then someday when I was was done. Then I hear yesterday she needs them back by December now. DECEMBER! What the crud am I supposed to do with them for only 1 month????
So, the point of all this is I have some photos I am working on for a job I did. I am happy with the pictures, but one family member was missing on picture day so I am adding him in. I have done this before, and was not worried. The family wants the pics in time for the Holidays (of course), and all I do is fight with this stinkin' Photoshop. Whhhew.
Here, I will post a few of the pics, please let me know what you think, and if you have any suggestions. Thanks.
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