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Vicodin
1 Jun 2004, 1:06am
My oldest recently graduated 8th grade. I took a decent picture of all the graduates throwing their caps into the air. It's something I would like to keep forever and share with a few other parents but there is one small problem...

...the back of some curly haired woman's head in the foreground.

I can't seem to remove it and rebuild the obstructed kid's bodies in a suitable fashion.

I'm not ashamed to admit - it's beyond my skill set.

Anyone out there care to have pity on my pathetic soul and take a shot at it?

Thanks.

Fold on.
Thrax
1 Jun 2004, 1:11am
Slap up a copy of the picture, and I'm sure you'll have a slew of people trying their hand at it.
primesuspect
1 Jun 2004, 1:12am
Post it up, and with all the photoshop hobbyists here, it'll get taken care of for sure :)
Vicodin
1 Jun 2004, 1:17am
Complete brain cramp.

I thought I did post it...

Oy.

Thanks again guys.

Fold on.
primesuspect
1 Jun 2004, 1:19am
Oh wow.. That's a toughie :)
LawnMM
1 Jun 2004, 1:35am
Thats more than a toughie, you're asking the impossible. You can't remove something like that because the picture isn't taken with layers. You can remove it and fudge the underlying image with parts from elsewhere, if thats what you want it can be done...but what do you want more? A genuine pic of you and your friends on a happy day? Or a photochopped image thats got parts of it that are fake in order to remove some lady's head?
Thrax
1 Jun 2004, 1:39am
No, he's not asking the impossible. I've got a few thoughts brewing in my head about how I would go about fixing it up as per the request.
Vicodin
1 Jun 2004, 1:40am
...of me and my friends?

(chuckle)

Seeing as I have the original, I'm hoping to make one frameable so to answer to question yes, I'd rather that section were piecemealed together using parts of some of the other kid's bodies and have that head removed.

Fold on.
Vicodin
1 Jun 2004, 1:50am
What I've been trying to do is something along these lines...

taking #1's body on the left, mirroring it and using it as the body for #1 on the right.

Then taking a portion of #2's (on the right) gown and filling it over the part obstructed by the head on the #2 left.

Visually it seems like it may work.. once again - that's where the lack of ability portion of the program comes in.

(sigh)

Fold on.
LawnMM
1 Jun 2004, 1:56am
You want a photochopped pic then?
Vicodin
1 Jun 2004, 1:59am
For what it will be used to do...

Yes.
LawnMM
1 Jun 2004, 2:34am
I'll see what I can do. Just wanted to make sure you knew parts of it were gonna be uber faked
pseudonym
1 Jun 2004, 2:35am
It looks like a dog..... Or maybe cousin it...
MediaMan
1 Jun 2004, 2:36am
Like this?
MrBill
1 Jun 2004, 4:09am
Like this?
Wow! Where'd that hairy blob go?

Nice work MM! :thumbsup:
primesuspect
1 Jun 2004, 4:12am
With a bit of touchup to remove that blue shadow, it'll be perfect :)

:thumbsup: to whoever did it!
CB
1 Jun 2004, 4:37am
Since when do 8th graders get caps and gowns?

Am I the only one who thinks that's uncommon?
Thrax
1 Jun 2004, 4:41am
It is uncommon. But then again, it looks like a private school of the religious type... They do things diff'r'nt round thar! :)
LawnMM
1 Jun 2004, 4:49am
It is uncommon. But then again, it looks like a private school of the religious type... They do things diff'r'nt round thar! :)

If they do it at all! :eek:
LawnMM
1 Jun 2004, 5:13am
My contribution...

Late but nevertheless...

http://home.ptd.net/~lawnmm/BobbyGrad copy5.jpg
QCH
1 Jun 2004, 5:19am
Remind me that you guys are the good guys.... WOW. I couldn't even begin to think what you guys could do if in the hands of EVIL, like the STAR magazines or any other tabloid...

Great job...
MediaMan
1 Jun 2004, 7:44am
Go ahead QCH...post your pic here. We'll be good...honest.

/me has fingers crossed.


LawnMM...

Think I like yours better than mine. You got better grass...errr...well...y'all know what I mean.
maxanon
1 Jun 2004, 1:09pm
You guys rock! How long did it take?
Vicodin
1 Jun 2004, 2:04pm
Zoinks!

Lawn, Media... my most sincere of thanks.

They look great.

As for the caps and gowns... it IS a private school (Catholic) and for the 6k/yr I was paying he BETTER get a cap and gown.

Actually, most of the grade schools in Chicago do caps and gowns for 8th grade.

Thanks again guys.

Fold on.
LawnMM
2 Jun 2004, 7:19am
LawnMM...

Think I like yours better than mine. You got better grass...errr...well...y'all know what I mean.

You finished in about half the time I did. I went at that thing for a while before I got the grass blended well. Not to mention the walls, various people's heads and hair, and the damn gowns with the pita color schemes. Just takes some practice and a boatload of patience =)

You guys rock! How long did it take?

Umm...hour? 90 mins maybe? Decent bit of time...bout average for a good photochop project.
Vicodin
2 Jun 2004, 7:38am
They're both outstanding and I appreciate both of them.

Yes, Lawn's grass is better but the two 'recreated' figures are cleaner on Media's.

Once again, many thanks to both of you.

Fold on.
Black Hawk
2 Jun 2004, 2:50pm
When I first saw the pic, I thought the kid was a mascot. ;D
GHoosdum
2 Jun 2004, 4:15pm
A big hairy mascot...
Brilt
2 Jun 2004, 6:32pm
When I first saw the pic, I thought the kid was a mascot. ;D


I was thinking it was cousin it from the addams family

btw incredible work guys, man there is so much u can do with photoshop i should learn it :)