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I shot my recent ceramic plates on my studio table but the wood grain and clamps read as clutter; the gallery wants clean product shots tomorrow and I’m still learning cut-outs. I’m nervous about losing edge integrity or leaving a halo. Tell me whether to mask by hand or use edge-detection, which areas I must never auto-smooth, and a quick method so the pieces sit naturally on a neutral backdrop.
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Decide — diagnose the stuck moment
+I photographed three glazed plates on a busy tabletop; the gallery needs isolated images on a…
Decide — diagnose the stuck moment
+I photographed three glazed plates on a busy tabletop; the gallery needs isolated images on a neutral mid-grey for [deadline=tomorrow]’s mockups. I’m new to masking and worry about chipping the glaze edge or creating halos. Diagnose whether to hand paint masks or rely on selection tools, call out the tricky edge zones (reflections, fritter glaze highlights), and give a short, safe workflow that yields a natural-looking plate on a flat grey background without softening the edge or losing specular highlights.
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Craft / Fine ArtistAdobe Photoshop
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