Nill Toulme
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Any tips for (a) best and (b) quickest/easiest methods of fixing shiny areas in portraits?
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Taming shiny areas on skin
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Kathy Rappaport
pro member
PS using Healing Brush....depending on the severity of shine, I like to leave a little - assuming you are talking minor areas.
Jack_Flesher
New member
Curves can be your best friend for speed after the fact, however I tend to try and deal with in the raw converter by pulling on the highlight slider. The BEST way however is to not over-expose them in the first place, so they retain some color information in at least two channels 
Cheers,
Cheers,
Doug Kerr
Well-known member
Jack_Flesher
New member
In that case one then assumes the image should be fine as-is
However, if one wants to adjust after the fact, it's like I said earlier: curves is your best friend (And the added beauty of curves is it's easy to add a layer mask and further refine the area of targeted adjustment.)Cheers,
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Doug,
One might perhaps use polarized light to tame that! We do it in photographing art work. I've never used it on a person, but why not?
Asher
Trudy Montgomery
New member
First off I don't use adobe photoshop.... so my terminology my be slightly different. However I feel completely comfortable in the program I do use (paintshop pro) and know that it does everything that photoshop does in one way or another.
I have had good results with using the cloning tool to tame shining spots. When using a cloning tool it is best to select a new target area for nearly every click, so that you do not create a repetitive pattern on your subject. You should also play with the size, hardness, shape and opacity of of your brush so that you have a smooth transition between touch-up and non touched areas.
~trudy
I have had good results with using the cloning tool to tame shining spots. When using a cloning tool it is best to select a new target area for nearly every click, so that you do not create a repetitive pattern on your subject. You should also play with the size, hardness, shape and opacity of of your brush so that you have a smooth transition between touch-up and non touched areas.
~trudy
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Nill,
Could you post the offending picture, in reasonable size, for us to try our skills on?
Asher
Could you post the offending picture, in reasonable size, for us to try our skills on?
Asher
Kevin McLoughlin
New member
I have always found the Clone Stamp with mode set to Darken (instead of Normal) and opacity around 25% does a pretty good job of toning down shiny skin
Cem_Usakligil
Well-known member
This is a good method although it is better to work on a new layer and adjust the layer mode and opacity as needed. Better yet, duplicate the current layer and add a black mask to the layer. Then change the layer mode to multiply and paint over the shiny areas with a soft white brush (in the black mask). Change the layer opacity if needed.
I guess there are many roads which lead to Rome after all,
Cheers,