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[G3User]

I have been doing bits to this one for a while, it is still very much a WIP but I am starting to think about how the brides dress is draped. It looks like it comes around the front, something like the outline?

Thanks

Athol

[Hannie]

Great job Athol!

I had a look at the other family photos but not much help there.  It may that the dress is exactly as you have it now?  That the "drape"may be damage?

Hannie

[Tess (Tassie D)]

Something like this Athol? This was our eldest's wedding and there was always a fuss to have the train draped around the front.
It is very hard to tell with your photo if it is damage or dress.

[JTJB]

Athol,

I had a quick look at this one and it appears to me that the dress is falling straight rather than the train being pulled around the front from the rear as in Tess's post.

I assume that because you are asking the question, we do not have another image of the bride we can sample from.

I think the fall is created from the brides left leg, and the remainder of the dress being pushed forward by the young male to the right pushing the edge of the dress and enhancing the fold.

opr8 by JTJB Enterprises, on Flickr

I have tried to pull some more information from the image as per below.  The dress appears to be rounded and comes around the front as you thought.  I don't think the bottom of the dress is that wide, which would be the case if the bride was standing with her legs together with her left leg in front of the right.

opr7 by JTJB Enterprises, on Flickr

Might be worth putting the word out to see if anyone has a similar stock sample image or photo they have taken that you could use.  I have a few floating around, and if I find one that may assist, I will let you know.

Hope this helps.

JB

[G3User]

Nothing like a bit of controversy

I am still inclined to think it goes around to the front of the boy on her right. The damage(?) there looks very much like the edge of fabric.

Will do two versions and see what looks best

Athol

[JTJB]

Athol,

I agree with you.

Looking at the fall of the dress it appears to be a round bottom dress of sorts, rather than one with a large train being pulled around the front.  Obviously wedding dresses are not my area of expertise, so I could be completely off base.

Good luck with this one mate.  I might have an image with a similar plain dress to sample from if you are interested.  If so, let me know and I will send it to you.

JB

[G3User]

Finally getting to doing something about the missing faces, I have wisely managed to avoid this type of problem to date.

I recall reading suggestions about heavy blurring but there needs to be something to blur. I have also tried pixelating a blurred face, it is commonly used in TV news where someones identity needs to be concealed. The combination looks better to my eyes than just a blur.

Any suggestions or is there a tut somewhere.

Thanks
Athol

[Tori803]

Regarding the missing faces, if there's not a reference photo to steal from, I would copy another face onto its own layer, size it to match the missing one (as close as possible), mask out the background and then blur what's left with a Gaussian blur. You can adjust the amount of blur to make it unrecognizable but still a face. Anything that doesn't look like a face draws a lot of attention.

Tori

[G3User]

Thanks Tori,

That is what I ended up doing. I had to fiddle with the amount of blur, what looked sensible at 100% seemed to be reduced when the image was viewed at real size.

It is on its way

Athol