I have a problem with a smudge…

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Brandon_Gosnell
Nov 8, 2005
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Because my camera had a smudge on the lens, one of my pictures has a smudge too, and I’ve tried everything to get it out. The smudge happens to be on a person’s eye, so I can’t just use the clone stamp, and the healing brush doesn’t work either. I tried copying the other eye, and pasting it on, but the lighting was different, and it didn’t turn out too great. So does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do? I’m sure it’s possible, but I’m fairly new to Photoshop, and don’t know all of the handy techniques.
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Donald_Reese
Nov 8, 2005
Sometimes i make a copy of the eye and then flip it horizontally to match the opposite side better than cloning it to the other side, but if its a lighting problem ,maybe that wont help. it should be possible with the tools you mentioned,if you are employing them correctly. you could post your problem photo here via -http://www.pixentral.com/ to enable better suggestions.
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Brandon_Gosnell
Nov 8, 2005
Yeah, that’s what I meant, I copied the eye, then flipped it horizontally. But I’ll try posting my picture. Thanks.
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Donald_Reese
Nov 8, 2005
Brandon,this was quick,so dont look too close. i did what i said with flipping the eye. lower the opacity to get it into the exact spot. next i added some yellow to the highlights on that layer to get the eye cleaner and brighter looking. i also tweaked the color overall on my monitor,cause it looked a touch magenta,but thats just my opinion. it is doable,you just need a little playing on your end. hope this helped.

< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ZkLl8JHpgMnf7VPI0 EymXRqtZUbp0>
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YrbkMgr
Nov 8, 2005
I dunno, I’m not a photographer, but I did a real quick lasso of the other eye and blended it in over the one with the smudge. With enough time it could look pretty good. You sure that won’t work for you?

I only spent like 3 minutes, tops on the image, but here’s why I think with enough time you could make it work…

<http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/848/burryeye3tj.jpg>

edit: Don and I cross posted, but apparently feel the same way.
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Donald_Reese
Nov 8, 2005
Brandon,here is another version with an edge effect added. it seems i have too much free time at the moment.

< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1sttjVkEUtuERN7tlH E8fqNzAxnJSc1>
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mistermonday
Nov 8, 2005
Brandon,
I did a quick fix in just a couple of minutes. It involves converting the image to LAB mode and making a copy of the L channel and pasting it into a new layer. Then select the good eye, paste it into a new layer, flip it horizontally and position it over the smudged eye. Temporarily reducing opacity can help positioning it. Restore opacity to 100% and change the blend mode to overlay and merge the layer down. Now select all and copy. Turn the layer off, go back to the backgroung, select and paste it into the L Channel.
Now convert your image into RGB and flatten it. The color of the pupil may be a bit off but it can be easily adjusted. Here is a link to my version.
< http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/meitin@rogers.com/detail?.d ir=/1233&.dnm=9fef.jpg&.src=ph>"
Regards, Murray
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mistermonday
Nov 8, 2005
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mistermonday
Nov 8, 2005
Brandon, I saved the last image in the wrong color space. This one should be correct when you view it.
< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1mlbTrEvFGBUfkVcLg NMdHcDia2Z> Regards, MM
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Brandon_Gosnell
Nov 8, 2005
Wow, you guys are awesome, thanks so much for all of the help. A lot of those techniques are beyond me, especially mistermonday’s, but hopefully I’ll gradually learn them. All of these fixes are great, and almost perfect. mistermonday’s is the closet to being perfect, so I’ll probably use that one, but the rest are great too, thanks for helping out. Though I do like Donald’s edge effect with the black and white, I’m sure I can use that picture for something. Thanks so much for the help guys.

Now off to make her face look a little less fat, and less shiny. (this wasn’t a great picture of her). If you’re bored, you can do that too. lol…
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mistermonday
Nov 8, 2005
Brandon, I toned down the blown out highlights somewhat and also reduced the heavy amount of magenta in the faces. Your camera’s lense was set at a very wide focal length and at close range which explains why the young ladie’s face looks broader. For fear of crossing a perilous boundary, I will leave it to you to try to narrow it. Try Filter>Liquify. Select the pucker tool, use a brush that is larger than her whole head, reduce the flow and click away.

< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1LdmT8kTmmwJhylyla 78Fonl9ZIGPE> Regards, MM
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Brandon_Gosnell
Nov 8, 2005
Yeah, she was holding the camera there, thats why it’s at such a close range. Buy anyway, thanks for your help, and then different tips I’ve learned today. They have been very useful.

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