Wide Angle Lens Flare

[ThePicMan207]

Also known as: "Didn't I tell you not to stand in front of the light...?"

Anyway, this is a snip from a large group shot. I have tried masking, desaturating, drinking. You get the idea. I just can't seem to make any corrections that look realistic. So far, all of them have looked more obvious than the blue glow.

I have a couple just like this that I am going to have to fix and was hoping for some insight.

TIA!

TPM

[Graphics23]

Use Apply Image to blend the Red channel into the Green channel in Darken mode.

Then blend the repaired Green channel into the Blue channel in Darken mode.

flare_G23.jpg

No masking, desaturating, or drinking necessary!

These two channel blends will get rid of the lens flare.

You'll still have to color correct the greenery in the background, but you sound like you can handle the rest.

Regards,

Michael

[ThePicMan207]

Graphics23, thanks for the reply! I would not have though to go at it that way. Your result looks much better than the one I was about to post. Many, many outlines with the patch tool and hue/sat adjustments in the blue and master channel. and it stiil has blue glow...

Thanks again, will try your way now.

TPM

[des151]

Michael,
Nice,I'm learning quite a lot from your post. Thank you for the techniques and tips.
Ray

[Graphics23]

Originally Posted by ThePicMan207

Graphics23, thanks for the reply!

You're welcome!

I would not have though to go at it that way.

Always check the individual channels before attempting to fix an image. By doing so I noticed right away that the Red channel still had plenty of detail.

Your result looks much better than the one I was about to post. Many, many outlines with the patch tool and hue/sat adjustments in the blue and master channel. and it stiil has blue glow...

Part of the difficulty you're having is that the damage is in both the Blue and Green channels. This means it's not a blue glow, it's a blue-green glow. You're only attacking half the problem.

This would have been obvious had you checked out the channels first.

Read this tutorial for more ideas on working with channels.

Thanks again, will try your way now.

TPM

Oh, and lest I forget my manners...

Welcome to the forums!

Good luck,

Michael

[Graphics23]

Originally Posted by des151

Michael,
Nice,I'm learning quite a lot from your post.

Glad to hear it!

Thank you for the techniques and tips.
Ray

You're welcome!

Regards,

Michael

[ThePicMan207]

Originally Posted by Graphics23

You're welcome!

Always check the individual channels before attempting to fix an image. By doing so I noticed right away that the Red channel still had plenty of detail.

Oh, and lest I forget my manners...

Welcome to the forums!

Good luck,

Michael

Yes, I often forget that I once actually knew how to do both additive and subtractive color printing. Its fading away

I must be doing something very wrong, when I am done, the glow is toast, but I have no green or blue in the girl's dresses. Perhaps you meant for me to select only the area needing adjustment and not the entire image? My brain seems to be at an and of working tonight.

Thanks for the welcome and polite management of my denseness

TPM

[Graphics23]

What you're seeing is the result of the two channel blends. Anything blue or green will become either neutral gray or shades of cyan or red.

No need to make a selection, just use the History Brush to paint back the areas that loose color.

Better yet, do the channel blends on a duplicate layer and paint in the corrections using a layer mask.

Regards,

Michael

[ThePicMan207]

Originally Posted by Graphics23

What you're seeing is the result of the two channel blends. Anything blue or green will become either neutral gray or shades of cyan or red.

No need to make a selection, just us the History Brush to paint back the areas that loose color.

Better yet, do the channel blends on a duplicate layer and paint in the corrections using a layer mask.

Regards,

Michael

Thanks for the insight! I will report back my success later.

-TPM

[Daviskw]

Hi there

I used a Hue/saturation layer and I don't think I had any problems removing the flare. Remember you can shift castes and also increase or decrease their brightness.

By using the hue/saturation adjustment layer I could easily keep the greens in the leaves.

Butch

[ThePicMan207]

Originally Posted by Daviskw

Hi there

I used a Hue/saturation layer and I don't think I had any problems removing the flare. Remember you can shift castes and also increase or decrease their brightness.

By using the hue/saturation adjustment layer I could easily keep the greens in the leaves.

Butch

That does look very good, can you give a quick outline of your steps? I feel like I am learning so many new ways to use old ideas that I am quickly becoming confused.

TPM

[Daviskw]

Originally Posted by ThePicMan207

That does look very good, can you give a quick outline of your steps? I feel like I am learning so many new ways to use old ideas that I am quickly becoming confused.

TPM

I started by switching to quick mask mode..... I increased a soft brush until it was a little bigger than the flare and clicked once at 100 percent. Then I clicked back to a selection and opened a Hue/saturation adjustment layer with the flare selection transferred to the adjustment layers mask.

I then clicked on edit and selected Blues

I clicked on the selection eyedropper ... the middle one with the + and clicked in the flare a few times to make sure I had a full range of the flare selected.

Now I don't remember the exact settings but I did move the saturation slider to the left some and experimented with the Hue slider and the brightness slider to remove blue and enhance the remaining green.

You can always increase or decrease the adjustment by using the mask as needed.

Hope this helps

Butch

[ThePicMan207]

DavisKW

Danke!