To increase canvas size in PhotoShop, just go to the "Image" pull- down menu at top, then select Canvas size. It will show the current size. Just make the vertical size one inch bigger and select okay. This will give you a half inch of canvas at the top and bottom. Then use your clone tool, selecting a brush that is just about half the size of the empty canvas strip. Set the brush at maximum softness and pick up parts of the bottom row of hay stubble and start laying it into the half inch space. Don't use the section directly above the empty canvas. Mix it up, so you can't notice any repitition. You can place little bits in here and there to eliminate any pieces that are obvious repeats. When working right below the bale you may have to increase hardness some and use a smaller brush to avoid any overlap. If you wish, you can blur the foreground a little bit, although it shouldn't be necessary. Eliminating the bale is a bit harder, since you have to extend the one behind it. But it's certainly doable. You can see the entire top edge of the bale behind the offender, so it's just a matter of cloning in the part below it. You would use some of the existing bale to do that. You would have to create a right-side edge, but that's not very difficult if you work in small pieces, and check your edge lighting in respect to other bales. The way to become proficient at these things is to do it. Just make sure you save your work with a different filename. Then you can always go back to the original. Paul On Jul 15, 2006, at 11:36 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
> Thanks for the hay bale fix suggestion. Stated as "simple", but so am > I. > How would I increase the canvas size? FTM, I'd prefer to remove the > offending bale. > > Jack > > --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The hay balle placement can easily be fixed. Just increae the canvas >> >> size by about an inch in the vertical direction. Then clone in a half >> >> inch of the yellow hay stubble at the bottom of the frame. Simple. >> Paul >> On Jul 15, 2006, at 9:11 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >> >>> How did you know I was, also, somewhat bothered by where I had >> allowed >>> that hay "bail" to wind up. >>> My Periodontist has, among several others, a 16x24 hanging in his >>> office. The grain holds up okay, IMO, considering the scene. >>> Thanks for remarks. >>> >>> Jack >>> >>> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> In a message dated 7/9/2006 4:44:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>>> Jack >>>> >>>> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=126 >>>> ======== >>>> Interesting. I am a little bothered by the bottom hay cube, >> whatever >>>> it is >>>> called, being right on the edge of the bottom of the frame. But >> still >>>> >>>> interesting. I think this would look good BIG. >>>> >>>> The weather, naturally, is what makes it. >>>> >>>> Marnie aka Doe >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>> >>> >>> __________________________________________________ >>> Do You Yahoo!? >>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >>> http://mail.yahoo.com >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
