Glare on Eyeglasses

[jodythia]

Hi Damien.. per your request, here is my photo where i am looking for some help with glare on eyeglasses, such as the one attached.
thanks so much

 

[Damien Symonds]

Hi Jody, thanks.  May I also have a 100% crop of the problem area?

However, glasses glare is not your biggest problem presently.  You have a MUCH bigger problem than that.

Fix it by going here: https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

Follow the troubleshooter all the way to its conclusion.

[jodythia]

oh boy.. hope i fixed the issues...
here is the 100 crop

[Damien Symonds]

So sorry about the delay.  We took the kids to the movies.

Because so much detail is lost along the edge of the face, and particularly the edge of the eyebrow, it will be impossible to plausibly get rid of the glare altogether.  I think that our goal must be simply to reduce it.

How does this look?

[jodythia]

This looks great.. can you share what you did? 

thanks a bunch!

[Damien Symonds]

Oh, phew, I'm glad you like it.

Download the PSD file

First, a Levels layer to deal with the mildest of it.

Then, I copied a chunk of the background from nearby, and masked it in.

[Damien Symonds]

How did you go?

[jodythia]

it is slow going.. but i think i am getting there... 
thanks!