removing a shadow

pogogogo · **Joined:** Apr 22, 2010 **Posts:** 126

ofnuts not everyone.lol

jreegs18 · **Joined:** Aug 31, 2013 **Posts:** 3

His face looks great! I was actually hoping to remove the shadow from my face (the girl)- any tips or help on how to do that? Thanks!!!

jreegs18 · **Joined:** Aug 31, 2013 **Posts:** 3

Oh WOW... pogogogo you got most of it off, thanks!!

Akros · **Joined:** Jan 10, 2013 **Posts:** 863

Nice Pogogogo :bigthup

That your image has a softness that can not reproduce. :hoh

The filters in GMIC - Repair, it did not help.

I thought the guy was jreegs18.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

pogogogo wrote:

ofnuts not everyone.lol

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Not too bad but you didn't remove the shadow, you lightened the face. So now you have to de-tan the arms and shoulders to match...

My own take:
- free hand selection on the shadow
- add layer, fill selection with light gray (80%)
- set layer to "soft light"
- adjust opacity to taste.

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Akros · **Joined:** Jan 10, 2013 **Posts:** 863

ofnuts wrote:

Averaged color sample in neck shadow: value 109,109,109
Averaged color sample in neck light: value 189,189,189

Ratio: 109*255/189=147

Add white layer in "divide" mode above picture
Set FG color to 147,147,147

Paint white layer over shadow, the tough part is to get the border just right:

ofnuts wrote:

My own take:
- free hand selection on the shadow
- add layer, fill selection with light gray (80%)
- set layer to "soft light"
- adjust opacity to taste.

Attachment:

LessShadow.jpg

Wow!

I love when I learn how these techniques!
This greatly facilitates the entire work, and the result is great!
Thx Ofnuts! :bowdown

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Nice job but that hard line under her right cheek (her left) would look better if is was softened or feathered. Looks to me like a purple mask or shiner under that eye ... sorry, but maybe it is just me.

Akros · **Joined:** Jan 10, 2013 **Posts:** 863

I agree with u Molly! :yesnod

My focus in this edition is in the shade. The image could receive other improvements, but really just wanted to play in alleviate the shadows.

Using another technique "Approximating Tones". Not 100% applied (Laziness was higher) :mrgreen:

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

molly wrote:

Nice job but that hard line under her right cheek (her left) would look better if is was softened or feathered. Looks to me like a purple mask or shiner under that eye ... sorry, but maybe it is just me.

Yes, the shadow line is a bit sharp, but I'm not trying to get a perfect picture, just giving ideas of what can be done. To get a good picture we should start from the original, and the JPEG header of that one says "Embettered by PicMonkey. http://www.picmonkey.com"... Piling up correction over correction never gives good results (when you process it, it is obvious that the color on the OP's face has already been altered).