Help - Need to remove reflection from car

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I would like to be able to remove the reflect of the strip box from the fender. I didn't have a boom and the person holding the light was being a pain to direct, so this is what I ended up with. I'm pretty decent at cloning or copying and pasting then manually blending it in with dodge, burn, and smudge, but I figure there has to be an easier way.

So, does anyone have a way to fix the reflections that won't take me an hour of messing just to get an acceptable image. I want a good image. If you can do this, can you also include how it was done?

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[QUOTE=Village_Idiot;1​2432615]This is the largest size flickr will let me upload. If you would like a larger size, I can mail it or figure out a way to get it to you.

I would like to be able to remove the reflect of the strip box from the fender. I didn't have a book and the person holding the light was being a pain to direct, so this is what I ended up with. I'm pretty decent at cloning or copying and pasting then manually blending it in with dodge, burn, and smudge, but I figure there has to be an easier way.

So, does anyone have a way to fix the reflections that won't take me an hour of messing just to get an acceptable image. I want a good image. If you can do this, can you also include how it was done?


'Patch Tool' gently, and a tiny bit of cloning..

stamp/clone it out or patch tool will do too.Easy to fix fender area but harder to fix headlight area. simple took 3mins. will look alot better if spend few more mins

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Select the reflection with the patch tool press shift f5 (or go to edit>fill) and select content aware.... You should do it on small portions.... Then burn the area a little bit... Just circle shift f5 enter circle shift f5 enter until you get it...

You may have more success with the clone tool if you switch to Lab as opposed to RGB and clone out the offending reflection in each channel. in this shot there are subtle gradients in tonality and color as the light tracks the body contours. If you examine the RGB channels, you can see this - trying to clone around this subtlety can often lead to glaring evidence of cloning. Compare the relative uniformity of the areas in the Lab channels surrounding the reflections and you will get the idea that trying to clone these channels may lead to a better result.

I cloned out the lowest reflection on the fender/wheel arch area using the Lab approach - took about 30 seconds. I did not use any area selections, etc. to limit the clone to the offending area, something that might improve the clone so it does not intrude into the break in the sheet metal on the fender, and potentially disrupt that line.

Kirk

To my eye, I like the reflection as it gives the feeling of a shiny finish. Removing it makes the car look dull.

The above suggestions are fine if you want to remove it. If it's in RAW, you can use the exposure brush to reduce it just a bit if you want to reduce the glare.

tvphotog wrote in post #12433681
To my eye, I like the reflection as it gives the feeling of a shiny finish. Removing it makes the car look dull.

The above suggestions are fine if you want to remove it. If it's in RAW, you can use the exposure brush to reduce it just a bit if you want to reduce the glare.

+1

I too prefer the reflections on the car in your shot, I personally fell it will loose something if you remove it from the image. I do not find them distracting at all. Nice Shot!

same here keep the reflection, nice shot

kirkt wrote in post #12433653
You may have more success with the clone tool if you switch to Lab as opposed to RGB and clone out the offending reflection in each channel. in this shot there are subtle gradients in tonality and color as the light tracks the body contours. If you examine the RGB channels, you can see this - trying to clone around this subtlety can often lead to glaring evidence of cloning. Compare the relative uniformity of the areas in the Lab channels surrounding the reflections and you will get the idea that trying to clone these channels may lead to a better result.

I cloned out the lowest reflection on the fender/wheel arch area using the Lab approach - took about 30 seconds. I did not use any area selections, etc. to limit the clone to the offending area, something that might improve the clone so it does not intrude into the break in the sheet metal on the fender, and potentially disrupt that line.

Kirk

That's great. Are there any specific tutorials for this method? I've never even heard about it until just now.

tvphotog wrote in post #12433681
To my eye, I like the reflection as it gives the feeling of a shiny finish. Removing it makes the car look dull.

The above suggestions are fine if you want to remove it. If it's in RAW, you can use the exposure brush to reduce it just a bit if you want to reduce the glare.

If anything, the two bottom ones have to go. The contour looks bad and I don't like how the top one isn't hugging the body line. If it was, then I'd be all for it, but I didn't have a good means of positioning the light and not a lot of time, so I ended up with what you see above.