# Where can I get a small Photoshop job done? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525 "2020-09-01T14:19:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/1 "2020-09-01T14:19:21Z")
I have an image which I would like the background color changed on. I tried to use Paint-dot-net but could not achieve what I wanted. I think it needs Photoshop to get it done right. Problem is, I do not have the software or the skills. It’s a really small job and so I would expect someone to just help me out, or I can pay a small fee. Where can I find someone who can help with this? ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/2 "2020-09-01T14:45:48Z")
I can help for free if it’s a simple, 5-minute thing. If it’s more than that you can try a gig site like Fiverr. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/3 "2020-09-01T15:05:37Z")
I took some head shots of my wife for a website. She liked one, but thought that her top was too distracting (it was a brilliant fuchsia.) I said “what color would you like it to be?” She suggested blue, and I came back a few minutes later with a blue version. She was amazed - it looked completely real, including all the subtle shadows and folds. Fortunately, there wasn’t any reflected light on her face, which would have been hard to fix. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/4 "2020-09-01T15:44:58Z")
Here’s a small photo shop. Will that do? [![](https://static.showit.co/800/v5qAAAqvTIKNd5vrxACChA/71520/front_of_store.jpg) ](https://static.showit.co/800/v5qAAAqvTIKNd5vrxACChA/71520/front_of_store.jpg) :flees: ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/5 "2020-09-03T01:40:46Z")
Hey, **mandala** , if you’d posted your pic, I bet it’d be done by now. ;~) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/6 "2020-09-03T02:27:20Z")
Just thinking out loud here: the worst case scenario for changing a background would be if you have anything transparent in the foreground that needs to be dealt with. (This can include stray hairs) Otherwise, the worst is having to manually cut the foreground out from the background, rather than being able to use tools that make that easier. This would mostly only be an issue if the background and foreground colors are similar. Once the background is isolated from the foreground, changing the color is generally quite easy. Worst case would be removing some sort of pattern while preserving shadows, but even that’s not too bad. So that should give you an idea of how much work it would actually be, depending on your image. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/7 "2020-09-03T04:42:24Z")
> [@mandala](#): > > It’s a really small job… So show us, and we can tell you if it’s easy or hard. And if it’s expensive, cheap, or free. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/8 "2020-09-03T06:03:08Z")
Yeah, just post it here and describe what you want done to it. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/9 "2020-09-03T06:07:31Z")
This site is easy to use, and does a good job. It will also put in a new background. > **[Remove Background from Image – remove.bg](https://www.remove.bg/)** > > Remove image backgrounds automatically in 5 seconds with just one click. Don't spend hours manually picking pixels. Upload your photo now & see the magic. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/10 "2020-09-03T06:34:33Z")
It won’t do. He said to change the background. [![](https://i.imgur.com/jqVIGeR.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/jqVIGeR.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/11 "2020-09-03T06:57:47Z")
Yeah, post a link to the photo. I have Photoshop, and a modicum of skills. If there is nothing difficult like flyaway stray hairs, it might be doable with a couple of keystrokes. ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/12 "2020-09-03T10:34:30Z")
OK, I am posting the image here. Let me know what you guys think! [![](https://i.imgur.com/DxDZbPV.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/DxDZbPV.jpg) I want the pink background replaced with a dark blue (indicating dusk) and black (indicating night). (I want two images, one with dark blue and one with a black sky.) Some kind folks here who already tried to help me so far have stated this is not as simple as it sounds, so I am keeping fingers crossed. Take a stab at it if you can. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/13 "2020-09-03T10:37:30Z")
It does a good job of removing all backgrounds, but I only want the color changed. ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/14 "2020-09-03T10:51:10Z")
**BigT** - some folks who tried to help me have told me the background color is non-uniform and so is difficult to change. Besides there are patches of sky peeping out from breaks in the tree canopy; I am not sure how difficult that is to change. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/15 "2020-09-03T11:14:22Z")
> [@mandala](#): > > It does a good job of removing all backgrounds, but I only want the color changed. That site can _change_ a background too. But the problem here is not just substituting one background for another. The sky is shaded, there’s also water, hills, trees etc. that are different shades of purple, and even the whole foreground is shaded purple. It’s not that you want a different background, it’s that you want the whole picture recolored, except for the main figure. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/16 "2020-09-03T11:19:21Z")
> [@mandala](#): > > **BigT** - some folks who tried to help me have told me the background color is non-uniform and so is difficult to change. Nah, that’s not the difficult part. You select all of it and change the hue, saturation, and brightness, rather than actually try to change the color directly. Actually selecting the background may be more challenging than usual, especially given the JPEG artifacts in the image. But I’ll give it a quick go. Though I will first see if there’s a higher quality version of the image I can use by using an Internet search. Though, yes, it won’t be a full recolor. It will be what you asked for, changing the background color. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/17 "2020-09-03T11:33:54Z")
How’s this look? [![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/buv6df6v91y6ckd/buddha_blue.jpg?dl=0) ](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/buv6df6v91y6ckd/buddha_blue.jpg?dl=0) [![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/g4pou9stmehrnnv/buddha_black.jpg?dl=0) ](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/g4pou9stmehrnnv/buddha_black.jpg?dl=0) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/18 "2020-09-03T11:38:14Z")
Ugh. I broke the glow around the person in mine and left out bits. And if I went back and fixed it, it wouldn’t look better than what @GuanoLad did. So no point in continuing. If you did want some additional recoloring, you could darken the night image and add a bit of a blue transparent layer over the dusk one. Though make sure the person isn’t covered, since they have a glow. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/19 "2020-09-03T11:40:39Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > If you did want some additional recoloring, you could darken the night image and add a bit of a blue transparent layer over the dusk one. Yes, a colour cast like that would make sense, I considered that too. But I wasn’t sure if “making sense” was required. It’s a somewhat stylised image as it is. ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525/20 "2020-09-04T11:08:43Z")
@GuanoLad - thanks! The images look pretty good. The night sky background looks perfect! The other one - with the blue background - could I ask you to retouch some of the remaining pink near the tree, and over the water? If you have time and are willing, of course. It looks great too, just a little bit would make it even better. Thanks to @BigT as well for taking a shot! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-small-photoshop-job-done/919525.md?page=2)