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How To Make Silver jewellery look perfect ?
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Hoogle
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Well you will need to start off with a levels adjustment layer to brighten it up and that is it pretty much 80% done the rest is case of just adding some black and white gradient layers above it and set the blending mode to overlay and fade the layer. and once that is done use a bit of healing to cleaning up the rough batches and scratches.
Hoogle
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Ok I will go a more simple approach
1> go to image > mode > RGB colour as this is an indexed gif file in your post not a raw file this will enable all ps features
2> layer > new adjustment layer> exposure and increase the exposure this will bring the effect almost complete
3> create a new layer and select the gradient tool and set the mode to either radial or mirror this is down to personal preference with color black to white and draw a gradient over your cup, in the layers panel select that blending mode to overlay this will create a highlight kind of effect and reduce the layer opacity to personal preference
4> create a new layer and fill it with a light blue and set that layer mode to overlay and reduce the layer opacity to about 20 %
5> create a new layer select the clone tool in the top tool bar you will see tool options with a drop down menu saying current layer change that to all layers and using a brush at about 30% opacity start cloning out the scratches to smooth it out a bit.
final product with a few mins work following these steps look like this However if you want more like the sample shown you will need to add more steps to it like a shadow etc and more clean up work but that is getting beyond first starting out. So please dont expect to get it perfect without understanding what the tools do get it to this stage first and then you can play with it more experimenting.
1> go to image > mode > RGB colour as this is an indexed gif file in your post not a raw file this will enable all ps features
2> layer > new adjustment layer> exposure and increase the exposure this will bring the effect almost complete
3> create a new layer and select the gradient tool and set the mode to either radial or mirror this is down to personal preference with color black to white and draw a gradient over your cup, in the layers panel select that blending mode to overlay this will create a highlight kind of effect and reduce the layer opacity to personal preference
4> create a new layer and fill it with a light blue and set that layer mode to overlay and reduce the layer opacity to about 20 %
5> create a new layer select the clone tool in the top tool bar you will see tool options with a drop down menu saying current layer change that to all layers and using a brush at about 30% opacity start cloning out the scratches to smooth it out a bit.
final product with a few mins work following these steps look like this However if you want more like the sample shown you will need to add more steps to it like a shadow etc and more clean up work but that is getting beyond first starting out. So please dont expect to get it perfect without understanding what the tools do get it to this stage first and then you can play with it more experimenting.
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As always, by far the best way to achieve this effect is with appropriate material preparation and lighting, NOT in post processing. In addition, it will be much easier if you use proper photography techniques to get everything in focus -- it's almost impossible to make something look convincingly shiny if its out of focus (ie, like your original).
That being said, if you are really stuck and have to use this image, you can force a solution using techniques such as selective noise reduction, smudging (in lighten or screen mode), careful curves adjustments, etc. As an example of these techniques, see the attached image. It's not very convincing, but it gives you an idea of what can be done. If you are not already quite good at Photoshop, I wouldn't try this.
Also, what is the purpose of cleaning up this image? If it's for commercial purposes, ie, sales, I would worry about the ethics of this. If it's for scientific / historical / conservation purposes, one almost NEVER wants to change the look of a piece.
Tom M
That being said, if you are really stuck and have to use this image, you can force a solution using techniques such as selective noise reduction, smudging (in lighten or screen mode), careful curves adjustments, etc. As an example of these techniques, see the attached image. It's not very convincing, but it gives you an idea of what can be done. If you are not already quite good at Photoshop, I wouldn't try this.
Also, what is the purpose of cleaning up this image? If it's for commercial purposes, ie, sales, I would worry about the ethics of this. If it's for scientific / historical / conservation purposes, one almost NEVER wants to change the look of a piece.
Tom M
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As I pointed out in another thread today...first rule in fotography is get rid of pictures which are out of focus.
Marek, you can never sell this image, you'll just ruin your reputation.
Marek, you can never sell this image, you'll just ruin your reputation.
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Dear Marek -
a) In the 3rd post in this thread, you stated that you were new to Photoshop. I started using it in 1994, and have used it almost daily since then. To "fix" your photo, I used much of the knowledge and many of the skills that I have acquired in the past 20 years. In addition to the strictly button-pushing, slider-sliding steps, my "fix" to your photo involved completely manual steps such as using a Wacom tablet to smudge parts of the image in such a way as to further enhance a basic cylindrical shape. Even if I sent you the exact Photoshop file that I generated and tried to explain every single step in it, there is no way that someone who is new to Photoshop is going to be able to reproduce the steps, and certainly will not be able to do so on a different starting image that may seem similar, but which actually requires different techniques.
If you truly want to learn Photoshop, you should take much smaller, well-defined steps, practicing each skill in turn before you attempt to use all of them at once on a difficult starting image. Everyone here will be happy to help you to learn in this manner, but I suspect that very few will be interested with what is almost certainly a very difficult task for your at your current level of knowledge.
b) In addition, when I asked why you are requesting this help, you replied: "It is for selling purposes". Also, the title of the thread used the term "Silver Jewelry". From this, it sound like you are not trying to sell the "fixed" version of this image as a work of art or as part of another artistic endeavor (eg, an image in a computer game), but more likely want to sell the jewelry itself.
As I suggested in my previous post, doing such major Photoshop work on an object to be sold has me worried that you will be accused of misleading your customers by misrepresenting the objects to be sold as being in better condition than they really are. I will not help out with this.
Sorry,
Tom
a) In the 3rd post in this thread, you stated that you were new to Photoshop. I started using it in 1994, and have used it almost daily since then. To "fix" your photo, I used much of the knowledge and many of the skills that I have acquired in the past 20 years. In addition to the strictly button-pushing, slider-sliding steps, my "fix" to your photo involved completely manual steps such as using a Wacom tablet to smudge parts of the image in such a way as to further enhance a basic cylindrical shape. Even if I sent you the exact Photoshop file that I generated and tried to explain every single step in it, there is no way that someone who is new to Photoshop is going to be able to reproduce the steps, and certainly will not be able to do so on a different starting image that may seem similar, but which actually requires different techniques.
If you truly want to learn Photoshop, you should take much smaller, well-defined steps, practicing each skill in turn before you attempt to use all of them at once on a difficult starting image. Everyone here will be happy to help you to learn in this manner, but I suspect that very few will be interested with what is almost certainly a very difficult task for your at your current level of knowledge.
b) In addition, when I asked why you are requesting this help, you replied: "It is for selling purposes". Also, the title of the thread used the term "Silver Jewelry". From this, it sound like you are not trying to sell the "fixed" version of this image as a work of art or as part of another artistic endeavor (eg, an image in a computer game), but more likely want to sell the jewelry itself.
As I suggested in my previous post, doing such major Photoshop work on an object to be sold has me worried that you will be accused of misleading your customers by misrepresenting the objects to be sold as being in better condition than they really are. I will not help out with this.
Sorry,
Tom
sandradivine34
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By choosing the right braclet,rings,pendants and earings you can look beautiful and as well as can use the silver varities too.
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Hi Sandra -
Thanks for your comment, but, to be honest, I'm not sure what point you are making. Are you restating my previous comment, "...As always, by far the best way to achieve this effect is with appropriate material preparation and lighting, NOT in post processing. ..." or are you saying that the same photographic techniques can be used on other materials, or are you trying to say something else? ? ?
Tom
Thanks for your comment, but, to be honest, I'm not sure what point you are making. Are you restating my previous comment, "...As always, by far the best way to achieve this effect is with appropriate material preparation and lighting, NOT in post processing. ..." or are you saying that the same photographic techniques can be used on other materials, or are you trying to say something else? ? ?
Tom
