I took a flash picture of my kid, and the bounced flash glared
on a couple of window panes behind him. The rest of the picture
looked good. How can I darken the glary parts? I don't to
eliminate the glare 100%, just lessen it.

Zilla wrote:
> I took a flash picture of my kid, and the bounced flash glared
> on a couple of window panes behind him. The rest of the picture
> looked good. How can I darken the glary parts? I don't to
> eliminate the glare 100%, just lessen it.

Google "photoshop dodge burn" to find a ton of tuts on how to darken/lighten
specific areas of images.

prowler



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Duplicate the image and clone out the glary bits on the top layer. Then
reduce the top image opacity so that some of the glare can be seen. This
will be easier if your photo was night and the outside of the window was
black - if during day and some outside scene can be seen may not work.
Generally flash glare is too bright/burnt out to rely on darkening using
blend modes etc..

Malcolm

"Malcolm Smith" <malcolms@ember-razement.com.au> wrote in message
news:47fda579$1@news.velocitynet.com.au...
> Duplicate the image and clone out the glary bits on the top layer. Then
> reduce the top image opacity so that some of the glare can be seen. This
> will be easier if your photo was night and the outside of the window was
> black - if during day and some outside scene can be seen may not work.
> Generally flash glare is too bright/burnt out to rely on darkening using
> blend modes etc..
>
> Malcolm
>

Thanks!

"prowler" <prowler@zoomtown.com> wrote:

> Zilla wrote:
> > I took a flash picture of my kid, and the bounced flash glared
> > on a couple of window panes behind him. The rest of the picture
> > looked good. How can I darken the glary parts? I don't to
> > eliminate the glare 100%, just lessen it.
>
> Google "photoshop dodge burn" to find a ton of tuts on how to darken/lighten
> specific areas of images.
>
> prowler

Yes, it's possible with Dodge/Burn and dodge/burn has been the tool for
darkroom users for over century. But in many case dodge/burn can be very
limited (depending on the quality of image and level of adjustment), so if
you have Photoshop then you may want to take advantage of its strength by
using the combination of

- All adjustment tools

- Layers (at least 2 layers)

- and combination of Quick Mask

Then you can get the best of the world, and dodge/burn can be part of the
adjustment tools too, but not necessary.