glass background

[batmobil]

Hi guys

These is my first post in te site
And I hope you can help me


Its general problem, not only with this image which i attach
Sometimes when i take a picture in a plastic transparent plate or glassy plate the table under it appears in the picture and it stuck with the photo like in the sample(red lines) - I want to know what the best way to remove it is or how to take the pictures from the beginning without it??

Thanks

[mistermonday]

Batmobil, welcome to RetouchPro. Your attachment is very small to start with which makes those tiny problem areas impossible to see, or at least see clearly for me. If you have a hi resolution image I recommend that in addition to the whole image you also attached a cropped section at hi resolution showing the damaged area.
Regards, Murray

[batmobil]

i just need to know the technique to work with the problem-it is not with these picture only –it’s a general problem، i try to upload a bigger image but the fourm did not accept it

[Flashtones]

Originally Posted by batmobil

Sometimes when i take a picture in a plastic transparent plate or glassy plate the table under it appears in the picture

If I'm reading you correctly you are putting your items onto a transparent plate and are upset that you see the table through the plate. Seems to me you could either put the items on an non transparent plate or choose a tablecloth, etc, that you don't mind seeing through the transparent plate.

If you don't want to see the table through the plate why are you using a transparent plate, and what is it you would prefer to see in/through the plate?

[batmobil]

thanks for your help,i will try to find another picture to explain what i need more...

[batmobil]

here another picture of a rice plate
the question is can i make the glassy part of the plate transparent so the background appear clear behind the rice plate or its impossible ???
i know its maybe a dump question but sometime the client ask and we should answer...you know :0

[Flashtones]

transparency means you see the background through the bowl. Since your BG is white you could make your bowl whiter: brighter and less blue.

I did this very sloppily by making a brightening curves (raising highlights more than darks to keep contrast/shape) layer with a black mask and painting white on the mask to brighten the back of the bowl and a spot or two of rice.

I also made a HSL layer and used the target adj tool to select the rear of the bowl, then used the lighten and desaturation sliders.

It took more to write this and load the file than to do it, so not going for beauty here, but is it headed in the right direction for you?


You might consider adding a shadow to the background under the bowl for added realism.

[mistermonday]

Try selecting the glass (separate it on its own layer) and change the blend mode to Pin Light.
Regards, Murray

[lkroll]

About the hardest thing I know is to do is separate glass from a white background since inevitably it involves understanding translucence. I gave it a go (click here for the PNG file with embedded transparencies). Still best to just place your item on an appropriate background of choice.

[batmobil]

thanks for all your helps my freinds
and i thinks that mr Murray did what i am trying to do -so you said select it the glass and moved on a seperated layer but when i try doing these with the magic wand it did not go in the right way - can you explain how you make it ????

[mistermonday]

Batmobil, I placed the rice bowl image on top of a new background. Next I used the magic wand to remove the white background around the bowl and used the Quick Select tool to select the glass as shown it attachment 1. The selection is stroked in red. I did not make a very accurate selection - just a 10 second quick one.
After making the selection I cut and pasted it to a new layer (use cut, not copy). See screenshot 3.
Then I changed the blend mode of that top layer to Pin Light - see screenshot 2).
I hope that helps.
Regards, Murray

[batmobil]

Thanks mr murray

i am realy thankful for these nice description of each step - it help me alot

thanks alot

regards

[mistermonday]

Batmobil, you are quite welcome,
Regards, Murray