[Jeff Hinkle]

I’m with Dave and Richard. On the clips, between the lights and the short duration, I can’t make out anything. I can sort of make out the plate on the stills, but I have to really make an effort and even then I’m not 100% sure of any letters. But I can tell it’s a Mini Cooper, so that’s one mystery solved.

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[Jeff Hinkle]

Absolutely. Just draw a selection, go to the Paths palette and click the Make Work Path from Selection button at the bottom (fourth from the left, looks like a circle with 4 small squares). That will create a new path the exact size and shape of your marquee selection.

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[Jeff Hinkle]

Looks pretty okay to me.

Another possibility: It looks like this might be a video still (1280×720 image size). Is there a frame earlier in the shoot before the end cap is obstructed you could grab and use?

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It is easier to destroy than to create.
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[Jeff Hinkle]

Sadly, Dominic speaks truth. Your perspective will never match. But there may be a solution! Viewers don’t know what your table looks like, so who’s to say that center channel doesn’t just run the length of the table? Quite easy to grab a chunk of the center channel and bridge the gap between the two. Might need a little adjusting and blending, but it’ll fix the issue. No end caps, just a long, unbroken center channel.

Now, what’s your plan for the paper towel roll?

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[Jeff Hinkle]

I’d do a linked Levels Adjustment Layer to the pillows layer (ALT/OPT-click between the layers so the Adjustment is only affecting the pillow layer) and darken them as far as possible. Super-dark. You’ll be removing the Adjustment Layer later so the appearance doesn’t matter, just want them as dark as you can get them while minimally affecting their white background. Then pop into Channels and find the channel with the greatest contrast. CTL/CMD-click that channel to make a selection of the white areas (if the pillows aren’t dark enough to not be partially selected, you can also Magic Wand the white area of the channel). Invert your selection (SHIFT-CTL/CMD-I).
Create a new layer, call it “Pillowshadows” or whatever you like. Fill the selection with white, add the Drop Shadow Layer Effect, and set the layer to Multiply. Link Pillowshadow to Pillows so you can easily move them together. Delete the earlier Adjustment Layer. That should give you an editable shadow for your pillows without any masking.

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It is easier to destroy than to create.
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[Jeff Hinkle]

Record an action that applies your chosen effects and then Batch process your folder of images.

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It is easier to destroy than to create.
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[Jeff Hinkle]

No worries. I had to look around a bit the first time, too. Not the most eye-catching thing.

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It is easier to destroy than to create.
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[Jeff Hinkle]

Just click the orange “reply” button on the far left of the strip of colored buttons on the bottom right of the post.

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It is easier to destroy than to create.
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[Jeff Hinkle]

Do you have the rotation field highlighted? Select the degree field and that should do it.

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It is easier to destroy than to create.
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[Jeff Hinkle]

Command/Ctl-up arrow and down arrow seems to work.

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It is easier to destroy than to create.
More fun, too.