Specific Remove my man boobs.

[Jas_thats_all]

Hey guys pls can you get rid of my man boobs and push my stomach a bit it XD. Thanks in advance



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[IamSam]

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[JeffK]

Logo restored per forum rules...

 

[Babine]

 

[Jas_thats_all]

Thank you

 

[Argos]

babine, seems you left some kind of mistake here.

 

[Babine]

I did and thank you for pointing this out.
Didn't check things over properly before posting. Or ... didn't merge layers properly. Or ... the bottom line, didn't take the proper time. :^(

 

[Argos]

I think the problem remains babine, in case you didnt know how to fix

One way is to recreate more of the iron spiral but i think its too complicated, what i would do to make it easier is cut the spiral part (image 1 green part)
then moved back so you only have to fix the part near the rock (image 2 red part) what is easier and fast. and cut the hand and cup to put on top of the spiral again

hope is understadanble XD

 

[Babine]

I think the problem remains babine, in case you didnt know how to fix

One way is to recreate more of the iron spiral but i think its too complicated, what i would do to make it easier is cut the spiral part (image 1 green part)
then moved back so you only have to fix the part near the rock (image 2 red part) what is easier and fast. and cut the hand and cup to put on top of the spiral again

hope is understadanble XD

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That was a problem for me. For whatever reason(s), while using Liquify to remove a few pounds, that portion of the railing was blurred and I missed it until it was too late. As you can see, I had problems getting that part of the curved railing (copied from the original) to match up properly. Instead, I took the easy way out.
I appreciate your critique. Thanks.

 

[JeffK]

@Babine - I've committed my own missions of omissions so no critique of your effort which was quite good.
I've found the Liquify tool to be a bit of a trap especially when it may distort backgrounds. Even using the freeze tool doesn't help avoid the distortion.
So I went back to my last edited version - then cut out, not masked, but cut out the body of the subject leaving his hand in place. Just his head and torso.
Then on the layer with his head and torse, used the Liquify tool without worry about distorting the background since I was not affecting any part of the image.
Once done with that, there was of course a gap now where I pulled in the stomach. So using my move tool, I clicked on the background image and pulling n the handles,
moved the image to once again fit against the torso.

I also used one of the center handles to stretch the image a bit to the side to fit the original dimension. Slight distortion but hardly noticeable.

This was my result:



This was my layer stack:



This was a workaround that may have worked only with this image. Sometimes you can get distracted by the success of the tool but not realize how the environment around it changed.

All just observations, not judgements...

- Jeff

 

[Argos]

Good job Jeff, thats a really nice idea, easier and looks good, I made a try aswell, harder moving the hand and removing alot of the belly, maybe too much.... i removed the man boob only removing the shadow and a tiny bit of liquify, so the lines dont loose too mcuh shape or focus.

 

[Babine]

@Babine - I've committed my own missions of omissions so no critique of your effort which was quite good.
I've found the Liquify tool to be a bit of a trap especially when it may distort backgrounds. Even using the freeze tool doesn't help avoid the distortion.
So I went back to my last edited version - then cut out, not masked, but cut out the body of the subject leaving his hand in place. Just his head and torso.
Then on the layer with his head and torse, used the Liquify tool without worry about distorting the background since I was not affecting any part of the image.
Once done with that, there was of course a gap now where I pulled in the stomach. So using my move tool, I clicked on the background image and pulling n the handles,
moved the image to once again fit against the torso.

I also used one of the center handles to stretch the image a bit to the side to fit the original dimension. Slight distortion but hardly noticeable.

This was my result:

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This was my layer stack:

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This was a workaround that may have worked only with this image. Sometimes you can get distracted by the success of the tool but not realize how the environment around it changed.

All just observations, not judgements...

- Jeff

Great advice Jeff. Thanks. Appreciate your involvement and I will seriously consider that approach next time.
Cheers.
Gary

 

[JeffK]

Great advice Jeff. Thanks. Appreciate your involvement and I will seriously consider that approach next time.
Cheers.
Gary

You're most welcome Gary. I've watched your work and learned a few things from you as well!