Reducing Flash Glare On A Photo
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<div class="IPBDescription">( using photoshop 6)</div> I'm working on improving some photos of my wife's sister 25 mariage aniversary and one of them has flash glares on it.
How can I reduce the flash glare with photoshop 6 ?
The image below is about 1/5 of the actual photo and as you can see, the glare is prety severe. I tried a couple of things but beside manualy painting a dark light, I don't quite see anything else.
<img src='http://pages.infinit.net/browser/Images4Forums/FlashGlare.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
How can I reduce the flash glare with photoshop 6 ?
The image below is about 1/5 of the actual photo and as you can see, the glare is prety severe. I tried a couple of things but beside manualy painting a dark light, I don't quite see anything else.
<img src='http://pages.infinit.net/browser/Images4Forums/FlashGlare.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
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If I had the full hi-res pic, I'd see what I could do for ya.
I assume that the bottom glare is from you taking a pic of the pic, and not the glare you are talking about? Or at least I would hope so.
1. Use the Marquee tool to select the legs of the groom.
2. Copy and paste the legs on top of the original set.
3. Invert the colors of the copied legs.
4. Desaturate the copied legs.
5. Erase all the (now) white, originally unflashed portions of the copied legs.
6. Any areas of the original that are showing through can be Burned, so that they match the shade of the copied legs.
7. To match the grain of the legs, make a new layer, and use the Clone Stamp tool to place the grain from the thigh onto the newly darkened calves.
8. Erase any of the cloned areas that have spilled over onto the floor.
The example below was done quickly, so the quality isn't that great. However, the process listed above should only take a few minutes to complete. More work can go into it, certainly: making a cuff for the pants, Burning in a few places to even the tone, among other things. But the point I was trying to make with this post is that at least for the groom's legs, not much work is needed to repair the flash damage.
As for the floor, it looks like some Clone Stamping/Burning is in order, but once the legs are repaired, the floor isn't as noticeable. I think the floor will take a longer time to repair, as there isn't a lot of source data to use.
Here's the example (remember, quick-hurry-under-five-minutes job):
<img src='http://www.flagmandesign.com/files/groomexample.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
And I hate the following sentence:
However with all pictures it requires lens flare to be awesome.
haha n1
"omg it blinds meh!"