mac88 Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 I am a complete novice. I first discovered paint.net yesterday. How can I remove a flash reflection from a .jpg snapshot? Quote
Hellfire010 Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 If you mean this (found on google), then it may be as simple as adding a new layer, adding a white circle or ellipse, then using the gaussian blur. Then repeat on different settings in 2-4 layers. Quote
mac88 Posted October 14, 2007 Author Posted October 14, 2007 I tried what you suggested and couldn't get the flash reduced very much. I am attaching the photo in question. Maybe you can eliminate the flash and let me know how you did it. Many thanks. Quote
Hellfire010 Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 Oh... I'm sorry, I thought you said how do you ADD the flash... I'll see what I can do with that. Quote
david.atwell Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 @Hellfire - Remove, not add. And the answer is, unless you can see something behind the reflection, there's no way to do it. You might try Tanel's Shadow/highlight recovery plugin...see if that helps you. :-) EDIT: Bizarre, my apologies. I didn't get your replies. Strange lag. Disregard... Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him.
Hellfire010 Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 I tried curves, clone stamp + blur + blending mode darken, and a few other things. I could reduce it a little, but it really just made it look worse. I can't help you, maybe that plugin will help but I doubt it. Quote
spike 121 Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 the computer cant recognize something thats simply not there it can guess if there is a little to base on but thats about the best you may get i say try shadow/highlight recovery Quote "No. Dreaming is illegal."~Pyrochild
Hellfire010 Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 I tried the clone stamp to remake that part of his face based on what a human's perspective would think it'd look like (as oppose to a computer's). Kind of works, but not well enough. Quote
usedHONDA Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 Gah, I wish Paint.NET was working right now. I know what to do, but I can't try it for myself! Oh well, here's what I may have done: 1. Duplicate layer 2. Select the Gradient tool and set it to transparency mode 3. Create an eliptical gradient centered where the glare spot is* 4. Set layer blending to Multiply 5. Flatten *you may have to right-click on the gradient nub to invert the invisible with opaque (sorry, hard to explain) Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb
Hellfire010 Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Honda, i tried that but it didn't really work ... at all. Not for me anyway... Quote
spike 121 Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 again all the comp can do is think of what the image will look like, uH good idea bad application Quote "No. Dreaming is illegal."~Pyrochild
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