Glass glare

[Inês Maia]

Hello Damien, i need your expertise to deal witha glass glare 😔

Attached is the cropped section of the problem in question.

Btw, i haven't got the chance of getting a screen calibrator, so my screen is uncalibrated at the moment...

 

Thank you very much in advance!!

 

ups, forgot the photo 😅

 

here it goes now

[Damien Symonds]

It won't be completely fixable, but I can certainly help you reduce it.

Go ahead and do your raw processing as normal, then post the close-up again for me.

[Inês Maia]

It was done, maybe better now? 😅

[Damien Symonds]

I don't think so.  May I see the whole photo?

[Inês Maia]

Of course, here.

[Damien Symonds]

Yeah, no, that can't POSSIBLY be right.  I'm sure he doesn't have blue hair in real life.

[Inês Maia]

Ok, i see what you mean 😅

Better?

[Damien Symonds]

PLEASE don't wait too long to join the Raw Class, I beg you

For now, let's pretend this is okay. Can you provide me with a new close-up?

[Inês Maia]

I know, its on my bucket list for 2024 🫣

 

Here is the close up

 

[Damien Symonds]

1. Add a Channel Mixer layer, and check the "Monochrome" box.  Then enter +100, 0, 0, 0 in the four fields.  This will make the whole photo black-and-white.

2. Add a Levels layer and clip it to the Channel Mixer layer.  Enter these values:

• Red channel: 0/1.10/255 and 0/255
• Green channel: 0/1.00/255 and 0/210
• Blue channel: 0/0.85/255 and 0/205

This will make the whole photo kinda skin-coloured.

3. Return to the Channel Mixer layer and invert the mask.  Then paint onto the glare area.

[Inês Maia]

I think i got it, what do you think?

 

[Damien Symonds]

Well done.

[Inês Maia]

Thank you for the help Damien!

[Damien Symonds]

@Inês Maia I'm writing a little class about fixing coloured glasses glare.  May I have your permission to include this photo?

If not, that's completely okay.

[Inês Maia]

Hi Damon,

Absolutely, feel free to use it!

Edited May 7, 2024 by Inês Maia

[Damien Symonds]

41 minutes ago, Inês Maia said:

Hi Damon,

Absolutely, feel free to use it!

You're so kind.  Thank you.