Best way to get rid of shadow around faces? using CS3

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louise
May 10, 2007
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I shot a wedding dinner in a very poorly lit space and
didn’t have a separate flash – used the one on my D40x.

Several really nice shots have a dark shadow around one side of the face and I would like to get rid of it.

The only thing I’ve found so far, with my limited knowledge, is to clone the background wall over the shadow as best I can.

Then, use the color of the background wall and the fill (paint can) and thereby repaint the background wall and cover the shadow. Since this is never perfect, I then end up using the blur tool around the edge of the face and the wall.

There must be a better way ?? 🙂

Thanks.

Louise
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DDDDaisy
May 11, 2007
On May 10, 8:45 pm, louise wrote:
I shot a wedding dinner in a very poorly lit space and
didn’t have a separate flash – used the one on my D40x.

Several really nice shots have a dark shadow around one side of the face and I would like to get rid of it.
Hi Louise

You could try using the magic wand to select the area of shadow, feather the edges by 1 or 2 pixels so you don’t end up with a sharp line, and then use the hue/saturation option to lighten the whole area.

Otherwise the idea you had of cloning the wall is not a bad one – if you select the area outside of the head first, so you dont accidentally clone onto the face – again feather the edge of the selection so you dont have too sharp a line.

Hope that helps

Daisy

The only thing I’ve found so far, with my limited knowledge, is to clone the background wall over the shadow as best I can.
Then, use the color of the background wall and the fill
(paint can) and thereby repaint the background wall and
cover the shadow. Since this is never perfect, I then end up using the blur tool around the edge of the face and the wall.
There must be a better way ?? 🙂

Thanks.

Louise
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louise
May 12, 2007
wrote:
On May 10, 8:45 pm, louise wrote:
I shot a wedding dinner in a very poorly lit space and
didn’t have a separate flash – used the one on my D40x.

Several really nice shots have a dark shadow around one side of the face and I would like to get rid of it.
Hi Louise

You could try using the magic wand to select the area of shadow, feather the edges by 1 or 2 pixels so you don’t end up with a sharp line, and then use the hue/saturation option to lighten the whole area.

Otherwise the idea you had of cloning the wall is not a bad one – if you select the area outside of the head first, so you dont accidentally clone onto the face – again feather the edge of the selection so you dont have too sharp a line.

Hope that helps

Daisy

The only thing I’ve found so far, with my limited knowledge, is to clone the background wall over the shadow as best I can.
Then, use the color of the background wall and the fill
(paint can) and thereby repaint the background wall and
cover the shadow. Since this is never perfect, I then end up using the blur tool around the edge of the face and the wall.
There must be a better way ?? 🙂

Thanks.

Louise
Thanks I’ll try that using the magic wand and a little
feathering – hopefully that will make it look more natural.

Louise

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