colour and cloning question

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Sparky Mark
Jul 27, 2003
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I have a frontal portrait, which is lit from one side and is so bright, the image just fades into white and there’s no definable edge.

Manually drawing the face in again is out of the question, I’m simply not that good. However, I was wondering if it’s possible to clone just the colour / hue / lightness from the left onto the right. But also, mirror the cloning, so as I move the cursor to the right, the reference point moves to the left and vice versa.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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Linda Nieuwenstein
Jul 27, 2003
Oops, forgot to say you need to mirror the pasted new layer, and move it into place.

Take care,
Linda.
"Linda Nieuwenstein" wrote in message
"Sparky Mark" wrote in message
I have a frontal portrait, which is lit from one side and is so bright,
the
image just fades into white and there’s no definable edge.
Manually drawing the face in again is out of the question, I’m simply
not
that good. However, I was wondering if it’s possible to clone just the colour / hue / lightness from the left onto the right. But also, mirror
the
cloning, so as I move the cursor to the right, the reference point moves
to
the left and vice versa.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Just a suggestion, but since the portrait is face forward why not copy the good side of the face, paste as new layer, erase areas you do not need (ie eye, eye brown, part of forehead) so that the face will not be perfect symmetry, use levels to adjust tonal range make it realistic for the light source side.

Take care,
Linda.

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