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Removing reflections


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I have some photos that I took that I must remove glare from glasses and I can'tseem to do it without distorting the eyes...Can anyone help...and if you can please be very specific because I am new to photoshop. Thank You HK
 
hkphotos Welcome to the forum. :)

It will be very helpfull to anyone who can answer your question if you post the image.
 
Excellent hkphotos.

I am not the expert for this but here are a lot of gurus who will guide you soon. :)
 
The approach I would take would bo to zoom in close (4-800 %) and use the clone stamp, and a small soft brush at about 30% opacity. Clone over the reflections with skin from a *clean* area.
Tedious, but effective.
 
I have tried this and it works but the problem I have is when I get to the actual eye...I can't seem to get the cloning to work without destroying the eye...any suggestions?
 
Welcome hkphotos, I would also use the method Bob has suggested, and it can be done, it just takes some patience and a VERY close view... other than that, there are many people round these parts, and they all have different methods and techniques, so i'm sure we'll get you moving soon :D
 
Hiya HK Try this:

Create a new layer above the image.
Set the paintbrush to Color and Brush Opacity to 10>15%. (Do this in the Options Menu)

Select a smallish soft brush and Alt+Click to sample suitable surrounding colours from the image.

Take frequent samples and paint over the highlights by building up the colour just enough to get rid of the glare.
(Paint on the new layer, not the original)

Twiddle with the Blending and Opacity of the paint layer.
Try Multiply set to 45>50%.

Al.
 
excellent work Al :righton:
 
Hi hkphotos and welcome to the forum! :)

Both methods suggested by docilebob and Rantin Al will take some time and patience. Depending on the size of the original image, you just may have to zoom up to the max of 1600% to see each individual pixel! ;)

Good Luck! This kind of work can be quite tedious, but the results are well worth the effort! :righton:
 
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