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Help fixing up a photo?


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MightyMax

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Hi guys, I'm not sure if this is in the right forum, but I couldn't find a more relevant one so... yeah. A friend came to me and asked me if I could fix up this image for them (too big to put in an img tag). She wants to remove the "light rays". Does anybody know how to do this, because I'm terrible at this sort of thing! :(

Thanks in advance, Max.
 
Welcome to the community Max. [excited]

Unfortunately there's no quick-fix for that kind of problem. Levels, cloning, and manual touch-ups will be the order of the day in this case.

Sorry. [oops]
 
[stuned] Ooooooooh... that's a lot of work! Good Luck MightyMax! :\
 
:{ Ok, thanks guys. Here's the best fix-up I've achieved thus far:

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[confused] It's an improvement I suppose...
 
Good luck MightyMax and it's like Mark said; a LOT of work and I don't think that anyone can make this one look perfect without destroying too many details :\
 
They're right Max. It's a long a tedius process that is frustrating and stressful. Trust me it's part of what I do for a living!! :D Your best bet, I'm a guessing, is to remove everything around her (very pretty girl by the way) and focus on just playing in a smaller area. I'll give it a crack when I get home. I'm always up for a good challenge.
B7 :bustagut: KOP
 
Mighty Max - Kudos to you for tackling the project! :righton: :}
You did, indeed, improve the pic! :D

Lompoc42, I'm quite anxious to see what you do, 'cause you've proven yourself to be very good at this sort of thing! [excited] ;) ;)

I'd get involved myself (for the challenge) but my plate is rather full right now... :{
 
Yeah, theres no quick fix for that. Its best to get good pics to start out with. Photoshop can't yet create good pixels out of thin air(but you can). Good Luck!
 
It's looking good Shaun! Excellent effort! :}
 
Here's a 'quickish' bash.

I've only concentrated on the girl, the jpg artefacts don't make it worthwile to do a full job on it.

Lompoc,
They're right Max. It's a long a tedius process that is frustrating and stressful.
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He! He! I find this type of work challenging and one of the most relaxing, therapeutic jobs. :B

Anyway, the way I tackled this was first to convert it to CMYK. Not usually the best thing to do but it gave me 4 degrees of control on more intuitive colour fixing using Dodge, Burn and Blur tools on each individual channel.

I had the original open for comparison with 2 working windows for the CMYK copy.

One copy was full colour, the other was in individual channel view.

This allowed me to see how the dodging and burning progresseed.
The trick is to use a well spaced, textured brush set at anything between 1 & 10% opacity.

I've only added a slight H&S Adjustment layer. Everything else was done in the Channels.

Takes patience, but if the picture is worth it, it's worth it. ;)

Al[/b]
 
That's probably the best you can do with the picture. It's really a difficult fix. I've found that it's much easier to fix a photo thats been damaged vs. a photo that was taken incorrectly or was developed poorly etc. Good job Rantin! I never had time to play with it. Too busy even to play chess! :bustagut:
 
Another way of 'attacking' something like this is via the Lab method and just cleaning up the 'L' channel.

The colours in this needed a wee bit more, that's why I went the CMYK route.

Some of it could possibly be resolved with the scanning stage, but would still need a good bit of work. Cutting the background would probably be the best idea, and sticking it onto another background. the detail of the (very pretty) girl is still there and would be worth the effort on a hi-res scan.

Al.
 
The artifacts ARE horrendous, but not insurmountable...
Don't know if this will upload, I may have to reduce the dickens out of it...What color are her eyes? It's hard to tell...
 
Interesting challenge. Here`s my go.

First, I duplicated the original, set to multiply at about 75% for a ceneral darkening, new layer, merge visible. Then attacked each problem one at a time.
Some light smudging for the artifacts, cloned out the glow, a bit of darkening for the washed out areas, and a dab of paint brush here and there.
 
Good jobs Madster and Docilebob. Always amazes me how many ways there are to tackle a problem and still get results. :righton:

Al
 
Excellent work Rantin Al, madster & docilebob! :}

I just couldn't resist having a 'go' at this one myself. [innocent] Mostly using the same technique as docilebob! I just darkened and blurred the background to better spotlight the subject.
 
You all have a lot of courage to try the impossible :righton:

Nevertheless, great results Wendy, about the best you can get ;)
 
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