On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:48:34 -0500, Robert Feinman
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I have a picture of a storefront that has some reflexions in the store windows that I want to remove. The store front faces to the north (I am in the USA) so retaking the photo would probably not help. I could use the clone stamp and healing brushes and fumble my way through it, but I was wondering if anyone had a site that could give me tips on how to do it properly.
Sincerely,
Stuart Pedazzo….please, call me Stu!
If the area with the reflections is just lighter and you can see the objects in the window then you can define the reflection area (or areas if they have different brightness). For each area create an adjustment curves layer and try lowering the brightness and/or raising the contrast to bring the tonal range close to that without the reflections.
If the reflections are so bright that you can’t see anything behind you have to use the clone tool.
Thanks to everyone.
I have spent quite a bit of time cleaning up this picture. Using levels adjustments and gaussian blurs I got most of the windows to look acceptable (at least in the client’s opinion).
Reshooting would have been my first choice, but the store employees are standing outside the store in the picture. Getting everyone together again would create problems that are not worth the hassle.
The client is happy so I am happy. Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Stuart Pedazzo….please, call me Stu!