attempt at multiple images

goldilocksandmy3bears

Last week I posted a question under finishing school about how to put multiple images on one. Here is my try at it. I'm thinking I should go wider and add a few more next time ?? C&C welcome

adbsgicom

I'm not expert at this, but the number of images seems fine. 3 is a really good number.
The whites in the bg are off by just a hair, so you can see the stitching, so you might want to re-balance the color, or do some blending between the panes.

Overall nice job in putting them together.

goldilocksandmy3bears

adbsgicom wrote:

I'm not expert at this, but the number of images seems fine. 3 is a really good number.
The whites in the bg are off by just a hair, so you can see the stitching, so you might want to re-balance the color, or do some blending between the panes.

Overall nice job in putting them together.

Thanks!!

CyberSteak

Is the little guy pantless? Silly question I guess but it seems to be a bit of a distraction. Maybe a tighter crop?

goldilocksandmy3bears

CyberSteak wrote:

Is the little guy pantless? Silly question I guess but it seems to be a bit of a distraction. Maybe a tighter crop?

yes he is.

D'Buggs

goldilocksandmy3bears wrote:

yes he is.

I too would also say go tighter and perhaps also try to remove some of the dead space from the top... I'm on my crap screen now, but me thinks the job of putting it together, looks pretty darn good!

goldilocksandmy3bears

D'Buggs wrote:

I too would also say go tighter and perhaps also try to remove some of the dead space from the top... I'm on my crap screen now, but me thinks the job of putting it together, looks pretty darn good!

Thank you!

D'Buggs

goldilocksandmy3bears wrote:

Thank you!

Goldi;

I've looked at 'em again and from every different angle possible (still on POS screen).... I think you might be disappointed when it comes to print time :cry. I'm almost sure that I see different shades of BG now.

Not sure the best way do fix it.... Select out the subjects and paste them on a new canvas??? I dunno, it be experimental for me. It's still a cool concept though!

goldilocksandmy3bears

D'Buggs wrote:

Goldi;

I've looked at 'em again and from every different angle possible (still on POS screen).... I think you might be disappointed when it comes to print time :cry. I'm almost sure that I see different shades of BG now.

Not sure the best way do fix it.... Select out the subjects and paste them on a new canvas??? I dunno, it be experimental for me. It's still a cool concept though!

Actually I don't think there is any way you could see different shades of background because the way I composed this wouldn't make it possiable. I took 3 different pictures croped them as close to the subject as I could then dragged them over to a white 10x12 doc. in CS4 - added a layer masked then used the brush tool around the subject to get rid of anything left over from the previous image. (make sense?? ). Therefore w/ that being said all of the images are dragged over to the white doc. Unless there is something I'm missing. Thanks for your C&C

adbsgicom

Between the first two, here is a blow-up from PS for the image you posted (excuse the color shift in the reds, the snip tool from MS loses the profile).


snip.JPG

D'Buggs

goldilocksandmy3bears wrote:

Actually I don't think there is any way you could see different shades of background because the way I composed this wouldn't make it possiable.

Don't know what to tell ya... I'm on GOOD TV right now and it's very clear.

- Image 1 has a perfect vertical "line" that starts off right at the little boys knee.
- Image 2 has another, perfect vertical line that starts off mid thigh and clips off part of his elbow (weird place for this "line", cutting through the subject like that).
- Without measuring myself, I'd believe adbsgicom's #'s to be true, based only visuals.


Sorry....... But sumthin' clearly went wrong.
I'll bet a dozen doughnuts that this will show in print. Perhaps try running off a small one at the local store.


Only trying to help.

CyberSteak

Yeah I see it too. Seen it yesterday but didnt get around to mentioning it. Almost looks like a faint gradient going from dark on the left, to lighter on the right. And I see it exactly where D'Buggs has pointed out.

0bscura

Always trust the numbers. :-)

l.k.madison

Sorry, I'm with them.
I showed it to my husband and without hesitating, he said he saw it.

I do, too now that I look at it in a well lit room.

What about isolating the boy off the background and making one BIG background then putting him on top (four layers, one that's solid white and one of him three times).

Great idea, but yes, there's a line.

Also, I don't like the crop at the bottom, part of legs just don't look right to me.

Cute kid, adorable shots! A little bit more tweaking and it would be stunning.

Nikonic1

The only other tiny thing (might not be worth mentioning) that I noticed is that from left to right, the top of his head is a bit lower in each. Tends to make it look like the whole shot is leaning. (Again, could be just my eyes). Since you're doing all the post work, it might be worth trying to line up the top of his head if you desired. Just MHO.

Cool idea though and cute kid!!!


EDIT: After looking again, I think it's just the far right image that is lower. It could be just from his posture but might be worth aligning

goldilocksandmy3bears

D'Buggs wrote:

Don't know what to tell ya... I'm on GOOD TV right now and it's very clear.

- Image 1 has a perfect vertical "line" that starts off right at the little boys knee.
- Image 2 has another, perfect vertical line that starts off mid thigh and clips off part of his elbow (weird place for this "line", cutting through the subject like that).
- Without measuring myself, I'd believe adbsgicom's #'s to be true, based only visuals.


Sorry....... But sumthin' clearly went wrong.
I'll bet a dozen doughnuts that this will show in print. Perhaps try running off a small one at the local store.


Only trying to help.

Man its to bad I'm so hungry right now.. and doughnuts sound really good because I see now what you are saying.. perhaps I didn't go over that part w/ my brush??
Thanks for really checking that out for me! I will try again and this time go over EVERYTHING.
Thanks again!
Court

goldilocksandmy3bears

Nikonic1 wrote:

The only other tiny thing (might not be worth mentioning) that I noticed is that from left to right, the top of his head is a bit lower in each. Tends to make it look like the whole shot is leaning. (Again, could be just my eyes). Since you're doing all the post work, it might be worth trying to line up the top of his head if you desired. Just MHO.

Cool idea though and cute kid!!!


EDIT: After looking again, I think it's just the far right image that is lower. It could be just from his posture but might be worth aligning

Thanks! I'll fix that up!

goldilocksandmy3bears

l.k.madison wrote:

I showed it to my husband and without hesitating, he said he saw it.

I do, too now that I look at it in a well lit room.

What about isolating the boy off the background and making one BIG background then putting him on top (four layers, one that's solid white and one of him three times).

Great idea, but yes, there's a line.

Also, I don't like the crop at the bottom, part of legs just don't look right to me.

Cute kid, adorable shots! A little bit more tweaking and it would be stunning.

Thank you! perhaps putting some pants on him will help as well

goldilocksandmy3bears

adbsgicom wrote:

Between the first two, here is a blow-up from PS for the image you posted (excuse the color shift in the reds, the snip tool from MS loses the profile).


snip.JPG

Thanks Andrew!! I think what happend here was I didn't go over those parts with my brush?
Can I take off my last comment because now i really feel like an idiot :flush ??

adbsgicom

goldilocksandmy3bears wrote:

Thanks Andrew!! I think what happend here was I didn't go over those parts with my brush?
Can I take off my last comment because now i really feel like an idiot :flush ??

I can delete my reply if you want. I never noticed that little emoticon. Love it.
I generally find things become apparent after you hit send....

goldilocksandmy3bears

adbsgicom wrote:

I can delete my reply if you want. I never noticed that little emoticon. Love it.
I generally find things become apparent after you hit send....

Yea.. that always seems to happen to me.