Bill, Flare simply adds light to the image. In principle, as long as the highlights are not blown out, the image information is still present, so removing light via increasing contrast should retrieve the image. Here is the key step from Blatner and Fraser. "Our first step is to increase the contrast in the lens flare area. We create a Curves adjustment layer, apply an S-shaped curve to increase contrast, then confine the edit to the center of the image by making a radial gradient on the layer mask." To some, that will read like Greek; to others it will be immediately obvious what is going on. Depending on where one falls, the real first step would be to become familiar with the tools referred to. Whether or not correction of flare is successful, learning how to do it is time well spent. I do not know if PS Elements supports these tools. Flare correction, if successful, may produce side effects such as color shifts. Also, I suspect that getting the radial gradient right may involve some fussing. In other words, the full process may involve more than just the contrast adjustment. Having successfully used similar methods to get rid of reflections from glass surfaces, I believe this flare correction procedure can be made to work. Best wishes ... David -----Original Message----- From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Ellis Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:41 PM To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: Re: Flair?Flare? David, Thanks for the input. I forgot to mention I'm using Photoshop Elements. I usually don't get flare, but it showed up in this image on the background. I don't have the book so I can't check there. Bill Ellis wb9cac@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "David L. Bridges" <davidbridges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 7:26 PM Subject: RE: Flair?Flare? > Is the image digital? If so, _Real World Photoshop_ by David Blatner > and Bruce Fraser contains an example of correcting lens flare. In > _Real World Photoshop 6_ it begins on page 344. I assume it is also > in other editions. > Look for "lens flare" in the index. > > ... David > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill > Ellis > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 7:45 PM > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > Subject: Flair?Flare? > > > Not sure how to spell light Flair(Flare), but what technique would you > use to remove it from an image? > > Thanks for any help, > > Bill Ellis > wb9cac@xxxxxxxxxxx >
