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> I have a photo with people in foreground and sunset in background. The =
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> I want to select the people and brighten them.
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> After selecting the people (using magic wand multiple times), I found i=
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> necessary to feather 1 pixel (#4), otherwise, after brightening the peo=
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> the edges would be too abrupt. But even this is not ideal; the resultin=
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> photo still has some white or black edge at the people/sky boundary.=20
> Feathering more won't solve the problem; on the contrary, it creates mo=
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> obvious edges (#5, #6)
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> The best solution I found is to feather by 1 pixel and fix each of the =
> problem areas by hand (#7 last photo). But this takes a lot of time. Is=
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> there a solution that involve less manual labor?
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> http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/5490046_o37yZ
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> Using photoshop CS2.=20
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Another way, is using Viveza filters and its U points : control points=20
(a little expensive but fantastic !) or Nikon Capture NX
Here, I have modified only the man on the left :
http://dl.free.fr/re2aLETqF/335747122_0.jpg


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