Fixing a scar - DPChallenge Forums

Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR

07/15/2007 11:50:31 AM · #1

I took some nudes for a customer yesterday, and she has a scar from a surgery, that runs from hip to hip across her lower stomach. I have been trying to remove the scar using cloning, healing, etc... and I just cannot make it look natural. Anyone have any tips or links to websites with a tutorial on scar removal, etc...? I'm sure it can be done using cloning and healing, but I obviously don't have the skills. I would love to post the pic here so you could all see what I am talking about, but I promised her that the photos would remain private and nobody else would see them.

Thanks in advance,

Dan

aznym

Fujifilm X-T3

07/15/2007 11:54:08 AM · #2

I would shoot someone with a hot body and no scars, spots or lines and put your client's head on her and tell her that it's really her.

digitalknight

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

07/15/2007 12:12:01 PM · #3

if you post a section of the photo that has the scar, many on this site will work with it and let you know what they did.

I suggest the section in case you client (someone paid you to take photos of them naked?) wishes to remain discreet.

hanneke

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

07/15/2007 12:28:46 PM · #4

did the customer want the scar to be removed?

just to be sure. maybe she'll be angry if you do so.

07/15/2007 12:37:58 PM · #5

digitalknight, yes... someone paid me to take pictures of them naked lol. She wanted the photos as a gift to her husband.

biteme, she asked if I could remove the scar if at all possible. She won't be upset if I can't, but she would prefer if it was gone.

hanneke

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

07/15/2007 12:40:05 PM · #6

Originally posted by daninbc:

allright, then it's ok ;)

if you want you can send the photo to me, then I'll check tonight if I can do something with it? without photo it's so hard to tell you what to do...

Message edited by author 2007-07-15 12:45:37.

wavelength

Nikon D300

07/15/2007 01:19:59 PM · #7

Do you think you could send a 100% crop of the area to someone and let them work on it? That way they wouldn't have to see the whole shee-bang, but you could still get some help.

fotomann_forever

07/15/2007 01:32:18 PM · #8

I agree on cropping the section. The healing tools should be doing the trick. Hard to know why they aren't without seeing it.

But anyway. don't try using the spot healing tool. Try the healing tool itself. work on a new layer (sampling from all layers) and sample skin that looks similar to the effected area. If it still looks "unnatural" you may fade the new layer and allow the scar to show back through some.

Message edited by author 2007-07-15 13:32:39.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

07/15/2007 02:01:06 PM · #9

I'll try your advice using layers fotomann, thanks for the info. If that doesn't work, I'll post the section for you all to see. Thanks again for all the help everyone.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

07/15/2007 02:27:29 PM · #10

Originally posted by daninbc:

Since it was a scheduled shoot, and she wanted the scar removed, it would have made sense to use some make-up on it at the time to minimize its visibility in the first place -- fixing it once on her skin is a lot less work than fixing it individually in each photo.

fotomann_forever

07/15/2007 02:29:47 PM · #11

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by daninbc:
I took some nudes for a customer yesterday, and she has a scar from a surgery, that runs from hip to hip across her lower stomach. I have been trying to remove the scar using cloning, healing, etc... and I just cannot make it look natural. Anyone have any tips or links to websites with a tutorial on scar removal, etc...?

Since it was a scheduled shoot, and she wanted the scar removed, it would have made sense to use some make-up on it at the time to minimize its visibility in the first place -- fixing it once on her skin is a lot less work than fixing it individually in each photo.

Or simply adding a belt or wrap of cloth. Fabric is your friend in boudoir shoots :-)

wavelength

Nikon D300

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

07/15/2007 02:41:21 PM · #12

Also, one tip if you end up cloning some more, or even healing.

Keep your finger on the alt key (or whatever it is on the Mac) and re-sample the copied-from area as you go over the are to be fixed as the light changes. Re-sample over and over, working in from the outside in, as if you were actually encouraging the skin to grow over the scar, if that makes any sense. Don't be afraid to start over, each time you do, you'll learn some more.