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jadagriff
Joined: 26 Apr 2010
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 Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:20 am Post subject: Trouble with lighting on a photo.. |
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Hey all, hope I am in the right spot. I am having a real hard time fixing a picture that was taken of me and a friend where I am whited out pretty badly from the sunlight. I have messed with curves, and levels and I just cant get a natural look for the pic. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading. This is the pic..
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q197/mgriff2236/nycaprilpt2020.jpg
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thehermit
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Location: Cheltenham, UK
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I have included a rough description of what to do, but not a real walk through.
Convert to LAB Colour Space. I started with a duplicate of the original and then above that created a new blank layer. Change Layer Mode to Colour. Sample an area of skin that you judge to be a good tone and then with a low opacity brush, paint over the highlights, on the new layer. I probably went over some areas more than others. A little healing and cloning and some masking if needed and viola!
I only did a little to show the theory, I haven't done anything to match tones etc, but I hope you get the idea.
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jadagriff
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that looks really good, is there any way you could email me i have a few futher questions if you dont mind. my email address is mgriff2236@aol.com, if you dont mind.
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seaco
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There is no real way to bring back detail into washed out areas, so it's all guesswork really...
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jadagriff
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| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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Lee, how did that adjustment affect the guy in the photo? i see that the pic looks much better with your alterations
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seaco
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Due to the colour of your skin you were a little easier to get a little detail as I said you can't get detail back when it's been washed out!
Best I could do I'm afraid without it all looking false...
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seaco
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Pushed it a little further...
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jadagriff
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thanks for youre help guys!
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seaco
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May look better with the site own upload software?
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