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silence
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: soon to be "the land down under"
Insane since: Jan 2001

posted posted 02-16-2001 03:43

Hey,

I'm fixing up some photos for a friend, and I have one that in which the flash or something killed the image.



I was wondering if there was any way to clear up the image. I blurred the faces because it belongs to a friend of mine. I played with the curves, but the guy on the right kept getting swallowed up by the darkness. Please help.



vogonpoet
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Mi, USA
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 02-16-2001 03:48

if the guy on the right is your *only* problem.. make a nice clean selection around the areas that are getting *too dark* , invert the selection and then apply your curves to the part of the photo outside the guy on the right, thus protecting him... it will have to be a very good selection and dont forget to save the selection so you can use it over

There are other ways also but all take time and practice..

hope that helps a bit

edit: when I say 'clean selection I mean accurate as well as feathered to a degree, you'll have to experiment.. if you dont feather you will more than likely get a hard transition between the modified areas and the un modified areas! heh




[This message has been edited by vogonpoet (edited 02-16-2001).]

silence
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: soon to be "the land down under"
Insane since: Jan 2001

posted posted 02-16-2001 03:58

hey, thanks vp, that worked really well. I never even thought about that.

Thanks for the help.

vogonpoet
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Mi, USA
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 02-16-2001 04:18

no problemo.. its all in the selections!!!! master those and the rest is errrrrrrrrr... its... errrrrrr.. hmmmmm.. well the rest is somewhat easier! heh

~Vp~

eyezaer
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: the Psychiatric Ward
Insane since: Sep 2000

posted posted 02-16-2001 05:18

hate to tell you this, but there is no way PS can fix those faces.....

kromaZ
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Adanac
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 02-16-2001 05:29

eye... under filters>faceshift...

eyezaer
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: the Psychiatric Ward
Insane since: Sep 2000

posted posted 02-16-2001 06:18

huh... you learn sometin new here every day. Thats what i love about this place. WOW.... geez, and i though i was past the beginner phaze of PS..... i guess maybe i should get a book on it.

kretsminky
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: A little lower... lower... ahhhhhh, thats the spot
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 02-16-2001 07:04

Those guys are fucking ugly. That photo wasn't worth the trouble.

The Amethyst Dragon
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: a step beyond reality...
Insane since: Sep 2000

posted posted 02-16-2001 17:20

Stooges...hehe. That's funny.

That reminds me...I'll have to borrow those tapes from my dad sometime. Last spring I taped a 14 hour 3 Stooges marathon for him and never got the chance to watch it myself.

Oh, and thanks for the selections/curves tips vogonpoet. Those will definitely come in handy for some of my pics too.


silence
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: soon to be "the land down under"
Insane since: Jan 2001

posted posted 02-17-2001 10:22

Damn, if I'd have known it was the stooges, I woulda kept the pics for myself.

It's amazing what ps can do?

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