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05/18/2004 06:29:12 AM · #1 |
Hi all,
I shot this for the something new challenge. I had to shoot it through dirty perspex, and that produced a glare type haze around the bears nose. I searched and searched for a crud free hole where i could take the shot, but alas it was too small :-|
Shame on zoo's for not cleaning the windows and perspex. This shot is taken straight from the camera, apart from being resized.
I really like the shot and I was wondering how to fix in post editing, if possible.
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05/18/2004 06:41:31 AM · #2 |
Nice as it is to me..
Maybe a slight burn will help?
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05/18/2004 06:44:35 AM · #3 |
Well there are a number of things you can do. Assuming PS but other programs are similar...
1. Trying burning the midtones of the snout with a light exposure of something like 7-10%. Use a soft edged brush
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2. Duplicate the layer and set it to multiply. Reduce the opacity of the layer until the snout area looks right. Something around 60% might work. Add a vector mask to the duplicated layer and fill with black. Now with white and soft brush you can paint in the area where you want to have adjusted.
or....
3. Create a new layer and set the mode to overlay. The areas you want darker you can paint in with the color set to black and a fairly low opacity. Something like 10%. This has the affect of darkening those areas. Tip: use white to lighten areas.
There are, I'm sure, dozens of other ways of doing this but these three should fix most problems like this. |
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05/18/2004 06:45:34 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by jonpink:
Nice as it is to me..
Maybe a slight burn will help? |
lol... oh sure I type up a novel and you slide in with a sentence which says essentially the same thing. No fair. lol |
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05/18/2004 06:59:27 AM · #5 |
Ok I will try burning it.
I'm not great at photoshop, so a bit of practice will be good.
Cheers,
Dan |
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05/18/2004 07:02:24 AM · #6 |
Yep.. burn tool will definitely help.
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05/18/2004 10:16:59 AM · #7 |
The following is good advice from TechnoShroom. Burning might not work, but try it at only about 5 percent and use a large brush. You can also try selecting the area, feathering the selection, and doing an unsharp mask at a large pixel radius and low percentage (and low-ish threshold).
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
Well there are a number of things you can do. Assuming PS but other programs are similar...
1. Trying burning the midtones of the snout with a light exposure of something like 7-10%. Use a soft edged brush
or...
2. Duplicate the layer and set it to multiply. Reduce the opacity of the layer until the snout area looks right. Something around 60% might work. Add a vector mask to the duplicated layer and fill with black. Now with white and soft brush you can paint in the area where you want to have adjusted.
or....
3. Create a new layer and set the mode to overlay. The areas you want darker you can paint in with the color set to black and a fairly low opacity. Something like 10%. This has the affect of darkening those areas. Tip: use white to lighten areas.
There are, I'm sure, dozens of other ways of doing this but these three should fix most problems like this. |
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05/20/2004 11:03:27 PM · #8 |
This has improved the shot, thanks for the advice!
The new: 
-Dan |
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05/20/2004 11:06:34 PM · #9 |
| I thought the first one was fine. However, The edited one is great!!! |
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05/20/2004 11:07:40 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by dhare:
This has improved the shot, thanks for the advice!
The new:
-Dan |
No fair, ya didn't say which technique you ended up using!
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05/20/2004 11:42:20 PM · #11 |
Sorry forgot to say...
I just used a simple burn with a large brush, and I was happy with the way it turned out. I was going to use the other method if that didn't work out too well, but in the end I didn't need to!
Glad you like it Victoria!
-Dan |
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