Unusual History Brush Scenario ?

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Dennis Hughes
Dec 30, 2004
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I’m using CS on an XP platform.

I have a fairly dark jpg given to me by our club photog. This is a nice image of couples taken at our Christmas party.

Unfortunately, the photog set the camera to place the picture date in bright orange over the clothes of the couples.

The image is a little too dark for my preferences & adjusting the levels make the change nicely.

When I use the clone stamp command to remove the orange date, the dark suit looks just fine. If I lighten the image after using the clone stamp tool, you can see where I used it.

If I first lighten the image with the levels, then use the clone stamp, the pin stripes match & the image looks natural with no evidence the clone stamp was used. But the image is now much too light. I tried using the levels to redarken the image and the result was unnatural.

My dilemma – I would like to lighten the image, use the clone stamp tool and then darken the image close to its original appearance.

I tried the history brush, but am not sure if I am using it properly. Will this allow me to do this? If not, is this possible with anything else? This is a bit long. Sorry for that.

Thanks,

Dennis
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Mike Russell
Dec 30, 2004
Dennis Hughes wrote:
I’m using CS on an XP platform.

I have a fairly dark jpg given to me by our club photog. This is a nice image of couples taken at our Christmas party.

Unfortunately, the photog set the camera to place the picture date in bright orange over the clothes of the couples.

The image is a little too dark for my preferences & adjusting the levels make the change nicely.

When I use the clone stamp command to remove the orange date, the dark suit looks just fine. If I lighten the image after using the clone stamp tool, you can see where I used it.

If I first lighten the image with the levels, then use the clone stamp, the pin stripes match & the image looks natural with no evidence the clone stamp was used. But the image is now much too light. I tried using the levels to redarken the image and the result was unnatural.

My dilemma – I would like to lighten the image, use the clone stamp tool and then darken the image close to its original appearance.
I tried the history brush, but am not sure if I am using it properly. Will this allow me to do this? If not, is this possible with anything else? This is a bit long. Sorry for that.

Hi Dennis,

The normal procedure is to use levels (or better yet curves) to change the image to look exactly the way you want, and use the clone tool or healing brush afterward.

I’ve never heard of cloning on a lighter image, then darkening, as a way to hide evidence that the clone tool was used, but that does not mean you haven’t found something new. If you prefer to work this way, I’d suggest duping the layer, lightening it, doing your work on the letters, then using a layer mask to retain only the repaired area, which you may then darken to match the underlying image.
—

Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
www.geigy.2y.net
DH
Dennis Hughes
Dec 30, 2004
Mike,

This is an unusual situation. If I was printing the images, it would be no problem, but I’m sending the image files back to the photog, who may then lighten them, or send them on to the subjects of the photo who may lighten the image.

When I lighten the image enough to see the pin stripes in the suit, the image is too washed out for my preferences, but I don’t keep control of the image.

I’ll try your solution, that may be the key to making this work.

Thanks and have a happy new year,

Dennis
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"Mike Russell" wrote in message
Hi Dennis,

The normal procedure is to use levels (or better yet curves) to change the image to look exactly the way you want, and use the clone tool or healing brush afterward.

I’ve never heard of cloning on a lighter image, then darkening, as a way to
hide evidence that the clone tool was used, but that does not mean you haven’t found something new. If you prefer to work this way, I’d suggest duping the layer, lightening it, doing your work on the letters, then using
a layer mask to retain only the repaired area, which you may then darken to
match the underlying image.
—

Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
www.geigy.2y.net

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