Darkening up one part of a picture in PS CS3?

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Zilla
Apr 10, 2008
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I took a flash picture of my kid, and the bounced flash glared on a couple of window panes behind him. The rest of the picture looked good. How can I darken the glary parts? I don’t to eliminate the glare 100%, just lessen it.
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prowler
Apr 10, 2008
Zilla wrote:
I took a flash picture of my kid, and the bounced flash glared on a couple of window panes behind him. The rest of the picture looked good. How can I darken the glary parts? I don’t to eliminate the glare 100%, just lessen it.

Google "photoshop dodge burn" to find a ton of tuts on how to darken/lighten specific areas of images.

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Malcolm Smith
Apr 10, 2008
Duplicate the image and clone out the glary bits on the top layer. Then reduce the top image opacity so that some of the glare can be seen. This will be easier if your photo was night and the outside of the window was black – if during day and some outside scene can be seen may not work. Generally flash glare is too bright/burnt out to rely on darkening using blend modes etc..

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Zilla
Apr 10, 2008
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Duplicate the image and clone out the glary bits on the top layer. Then reduce the top image opacity so that some of the glare can be seen. This will be easier if your photo was night and the outside of the window was black – if during day and some outside scene can be seen may not work. Generally flash glare is too bright/burnt out to rely on darkening using blend modes etc..

Malcolm

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Joe
Apr 10, 2008
"prowler" wrote:

Zilla wrote:
I took a flash picture of my kid, and the bounced flash glared on a couple of window panes behind him. The rest of the picture looked good. How can I darken the glary parts? I don’t to eliminate the glare 100%, just lessen it.

Google "photoshop dodge burn" to find a ton of tuts on how to darken/lighten specific areas of images.

prowler

Yes, it’s possible with Dodge/Burn and dodge/burn has been the tool for darkroom users for over century. But in many case dodge/burn can be very limited (depending on the quality of image and level of adjustment), so if you have Photoshop then you may want to take advantage of its strength by using the combination of

– All adjustment tools

– Layers (at least 2 layers)

– and combination of Quick Mask

Then you can get the best of the world, and dodge/burn can be part of the adjustment tools too, but not necessary.

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