Shadow Removal

Codogg

Hi everyone,
I made a huge mistake on this photo with a shadow on the moms face:/ I need some help removing the shadow. Any photoshop tutorials or tips would be great.

Thanks,
Cody

pathfinder

There are no easy, simple answers as discussed in this thread - http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=185050

BinaryFx

Cody,

I have a few ideas, it should not be hard to reduce or perhaps remove the shadow.

I will try to post a sample in a day or so when I have time. Until then, is it possible for you to supply a larger crop of the face in question (working low res is easy, higher res files are often harder and one may need to use a different approach)?

EDIT: Very quick edit attached, much better can be done with a high resolution or raw camera data file.


Regards,

Stephen Marsh
http://binaryfx.customer.netspace.net.au/ (coming soon!)
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/
http://prepression.blogspot.com/

Codogg

BinaryFx wrote: »

Until then, is it possible for you to supply a larger crop of the face in question (working low res is easy, higher res files are often harder and one may need to use a different approach)?/

Thank you! What res would be better?

BinaryFx

Codogg wrote: »

Thank you! What res would be better?

If you have a raw camera file, that is best. There are a number of free online hosting or file transfer methods available (YouSendIt, DropBox etc).

If you have a SmugMug account or another way to host a large file, then crop the general area around the head and neck at the full original resolution...that way you could use what I edit (I will also post rough notes so that you can have a go yourself).

Otherwise a crop at the highest resolution that you can (the more pixels the better).

I also presume that the shadow under the face on the neck needs to be reduced (but perhaps not as much as the ladies face?).

All is not lost!


Stephen Marsh

http://binaryfx.customer.netspace.net.au/ (coming soon!)
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/
http://prepression.blogspot.com/

dbveto

here is a link to a tutorial that I have used.
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/dodge-burn/

Codogg

BinaryFx wrote: »

If you have a raw camera file,

If you have a SmugMug account

I have both! Which do you prefer? I can email either one:)

Codogg

dbveto wrote: »

here is a link to a tutorial that I have used.
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/dodge-burn/

Thanks! These are very helpful.

zoomer

First dodge and burn the face "just a smidge to even out the tones". On a shot that far away you can get away with it, do not over do it. Just that will get you pretty close.
Increase the exposure as far as it will go without blowing the skin.
Turn it into a high key photo.
Change it to a bright but low contrast black and white.