ryandjagustin wrote:
Hi guys! I'm getting a hard time to clean the floor. How do you clean the floor leaving the texture and the shadows.
I attached the photo so you can give it a try and post it back here with explanations how you do it.

Photo : https://www.dropbox.com/s/1pywduuf22or6 … 3.JPG?dl=0

Hey.......I worked on your image. PM me & I'll send it to you with how I did it.

Bernard Wolf wrote:

Hey.......I worked on your image. PM me & I'll send it to you with how I did it.

It  would have  been proper to post your reply on M.M. were we all could learn.

TerrysPhotocountry wrote:

It  would have  been proper to post your reply on M.M. were we all could learn.

I don't have the image on a site I can link but I just blurred the floor with surface blur and did some patch tool to smooth out
some spots that the blur didn't take care of...and a little cloning and also neutralized the color a little.

ryandjagustin wrote:
Hi guys! I'm getting a hard time to clean the floor. How do you clean the floor leaving the texture and the shadows.
I attached the photo so you can give it a try and post it back here with explanations how you do it.

Photo : https://www.dropbox.com/s/1pywduuf22or6 … 3.JPG?dl=0

Actually you can not do something special to clean background in your case unless you make composite work , to extract model from original background and to put new floor or new background.

The only thing for your file if you don't want to make difficult composite work is to do next steps.

1. Duplicate original file.
2. On duplicated layer covert blending mode from normal to vivid light
3. Invert layer
4. Go to filter-high pass sharpening and choose amount let's say 40 ( it depends from image size I think for your image size this amount will be fine )
5. Go to noise-median and choose amount let's say 3-5 ( try it untill you find best setting)
6.Add mask
7. Paint with soft brush with opacity 100 and flow 50-65 and be very careful around model's edges and shoes, it is better  maybe to make good mask around edges.

On that way you will protect shadows on the floor and you will polish the floor.
Yes you will loose some texture on the floor but not too much.

I am writing these steps from my head based on your image size, I am not on my work station to see results, but I think amount I gave you will work.

This technique is ok to polish solid studio backgrounds when you don't have time and when you need quick retouching.

If I am wrong with amount try different settings of high pass sharpening with combination of noise median.

For solid studio backgrounds you can go with rule 1:8 or even 1:10 or maybe even 1:12 , which mean if you choose high pass sharpening amount let's say 50 you can go up to amount 5 of noise median or different rules which I gave you.

Best
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Bernard Wolf wrote:
I don't have the image on a site I can link but I just blurred the floor with surface blur and did some patch tool to smooth out
some spots that the blur didn't take care of...and a little cloning and also neutralized the color a little.[/quot


http://s297.photobucket.com/user/wolfis … d.jpg.html