"Tim923" wrote:
– MASKING, now this part is HORRIBLE and there is no command for this but lot of practicing. Your masking isn’t good for even low-rez displaying, and
you really need to spend more time for sharpen your photoshop skill.
Oh, well, it’s just for fun anyways. Tim
YES, fun is one of the best ways to master the skill. I started Photoshop from reparing low-rez photos, turning B&W to color, and did what you are trying to do (with the photo you ask the question). IOW, I didn’t mean any negative about what you are trying to do, but I do suggest people to do so.
Besides not good MASKING which will require several other skills, knowing lot of basic commands (so you can find the better/easier solution) to create your own masking style. The MASKING alone may take around a year of hard working (with lot of experience with other skills) to master the masking.
– I use MASKING command on nearly 95-99% of my work. BUT I do not create the masked file like you do (I can pretty much be able to see just by looking at the photo), and I believe most people do the similar style you do.
Like most people, I started with masking the masked file but I never happy with the result, so I developed my very own style. And after years of doing the same technique, and am pretty much be able to do much better and faster than most if not all plug-in or internal command. And just for displaying I can pretty much be able to do within 1-2 minutes (or even quicker), but that is the result of tens or hundreds of thousands of photos
– And besides the COLOR which I have mentioned that you should be able to find more than enough commands to change the color (I spent several months messing around with the color changing/mixer etc.. so I know quite a few of them). Lets me give some example, besides where I live don’t have lot of good natural stuff for photography (I am a professional photographer) and sometime I need some background photo etc.. And I am getting little too old to deal with cold weather (I used to go out photograph winter sence) and spring etc.. so on some warm day when I feel good I just take the camera to park, pond etc. to snap some tree in spring, summer, or fall etc.. then I use the option to change the landscape to FALL or WINTER whatever I like.
Oops! I was thinking about pointing out the photography style too. I do think that the little gentleman is facing the wrong direction, or it may be better to flip him around to have him facing IN instead of OUT. Unless you have some issue with the HANDS then you may have to master the MASKING technique (or LAYER as you may not need to use Mask Command which I prefer)
So, I started Photoshop by REAPIRING old damaged photos this way I was forced to learn more commands to repair the damaged photos. And later, for many years I refuse touching low-rez photo which is a waste of time, and I would rather using that vaulable time improving my retouching skill instead.
