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In my mind I'm trying to turn these black blobs into silhouettes, but I think that this really points to a need for editing practice. To get a background darker, first use either brightness/contrast or levels to adjust it as much as you can. Then use your burn brush or a black colored paintbrush set to a low opacity (maybe 20%, depending on the situation) and low hardness, and layer in the darkness so that it blends more evenly. Right now I can see exactly where you darkened, and this smoke shouldn't have any hard edges. By the way, a plain chunk of black velvet works beautifully as a black background, it reflects virtually no light. They actually used to use it before they used bluescreens, because when photographed it looks almost pure black. I finally bought a yard of it at the local fabric shop, and I do much less editing now! |
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