David, Thanks for the help. Bill Ellis wb9cac@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "David L. Bridges" <davidbridges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 7:32 PM Subject: RE: Flair?Flare? - the procedure > 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 > > >
