how can i fix this picture?

[Rick]

i have photoshop cs4 is there anyway i can fix this picture? i dont know what this is called but it happened in a few photos i really need to fix this asap! its for my friends senior pics and i really just cant figure out how to fix the outline around her its like the blur.. its around her shoe and arms and legs.

https://twitter.com/BrettsRebellion/stat...97/photo/1
to answer your question: yes i did take this! for my friends senior pics. all the pics were taken at night and it was cold and it was long shoot and it was late at night. like 2am...so im sure i had moved. i took all of them with my old film camera to give it that grain look. i had them all converted to a cd when they got developed so i dont have them as .TIFF files they are all jpgs

[fhotoace]

I think there is a misconception that you can fix images later by using Photoshop.

The rule advanced amateurs and professionals use is "get it right before pressing the shutter release" The only post production necessary should be processing the RAW images, merging panoramic photos, converting to black and white and producing HDR images from a series if images.

Did you take the photo? If not, only the actual photographer has the rights to make changes in it or you have to have written permission from them.

Blur is caused by movement. What you are calling blur is actually out of focus areas of the image and that is caused by not using the correct lens aperture to keep the important parts of the subject in apparent focus.

There are really only a couple of choices.

* Reshoot your friend making sure that the important parts of her are in focus (stop the lens down)
* If you do any retouching, make sure that you make a copy of the original image file and work on it. The best way would be to shoot in RAW and after processing, export it as a TIFF file. TIFF files do not degrade each time you save any changes in them. Once you have finished with the Tiff file, you can save it as a high quality JPEG.
* Hire a professional retoucher to make the necessary changes.

Just like photography, retouchers spend a lot of time taking classes and more time honing the skills they learned in class. Most good ones have also worked for a pro photographer or retoucher for a few years.

[Hondo]

That's called poor lighting, and it cannot be fixed. This is what happens when people with no real skills or experience pretend to be a photographer...

[B K]

After having looked at the image in Photoshop closely, it would appear there is motion blurring or camera shake because the shutter speed was likely too slow. More likely a combination of both.

It can't really be fixed, however I have tried to apply the anti shake filter in Photoshop CC - I guess it's a small improvement, but still not great: http://i.imgur.com/ElsCrMI.jpg The Photoshop CC anti shake filter does work to a degree on slight motion blur, but your image is really just too blurry.