I have taken some pictures and a lot of the pictures look real bad with bad flashes.
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak ... 7899_n.jpg
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak ... 3415_n.jpg
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak ... 3486_n.jpg
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak ... 6035_n.jpg
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak ... 5270_n.jpg
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak ... 5165_n.jpg
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak ... 2127_n.jpg
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak ... 0815_n.jpg
Anyway to fix any of these pictures? I realize some of them may be too bad to do anything with.
Anyway to fix pictures with bad flash?
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Anyway to fix pictures with bad flash?
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Re: Anyway to fix pictures with bad flash?
A. In most of the photos the focus is off (you/you+GF aren't in focus)/blurred, and that can't be fixed. You could try sharpening but it wouldn't help.
B. Doubt it. You could correct the white balance to correct the overly yellow shots at least. (Download and use Picasa. Use "I'm feeling lucky and/or "Neutral colour picker" from the editing menu). I don't suppose you took RAW files.
B. Doubt it. You could correct the white balance to correct the overly yellow shots at least. (Download and use Picasa. Use "I'm feeling lucky and/or "Neutral colour picker" from the editing menu). I don't suppose you took RAW files.
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Re: Anyway to fix pictures with bad flash?
You can do a little bit with Gradients (Photoshop Ctrl+M) but these pictures are pretty fucked.
Re: Anyway to fix pictures with bad flash?
Some of them can be fixed with a lot of careful masking & blending in Photoshop, but it's going to take a lot of time and it's beyond my abilities. I can do basic masking but I haven't really learned blending yet so anything I do will leave sharp edges around the edits which scream "edited photo".
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Re: Anyway to fix pictures with bad flash?
What is RAW files?
Bleh thought so. It was a disposable camera that we bought from a street vendor since my girl forgot her digital camera. Most of the pictures came out real bad and I think it also had water damage in a couple.
Bleh thought so. It was a disposable camera that we bought from a street vendor since my girl forgot her digital camera. Most of the pictures came out real bad and I think it also had water damage in a couple.
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Re: Anyway to fix pictures with bad flash?
Unprocessed sensor data, basically. It's useful because it gives more wiggle room in postproduction.ArmorPierce wrote:What is RAW files?
Some of the shots are fixable with a lot of work in Photoshop; if you choose one I'll try to improve it as a challenge.
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Re: Anyway to fix pictures with bad flash?
Sorry mate, the thumb of rule on digital is that you overexpose, and the detail gone. Though I assume your disposable is film, but I'm also assuming it was professionally developed and printed, so that doesn't help. You're probably not going to get back the parts that are totally "white" - there's no information to recover. Some photoshop work is possible, but it probably takes a lot of guesswork.
Re: Anyway to fix pictures with bad flash?
Caught this thread a bit late.
This is about all I can do with my limited Photoshop knowledge. Any attempt to darken it more leads to your face being even more "washed out." I learned a few things when the pictures of my TF2 engineer costume were jacked pretty bad. If this is acceptable, let me know and I'll find some time to do the rest. If you have PS, just go to Adjust > levels and work the sliders until you find a range that looks decent.
This is about all I can do with my limited Photoshop knowledge. Any attempt to darken it more leads to your face being even more "washed out." I learned a few things when the pictures of my TF2 engineer costume were jacked pretty bad. If this is acceptable, let me know and I'll find some time to do the rest. If you have PS, just go to Adjust > levels and work the sliders until you find a range that looks decent.
Re: Anyway to fix pictures with bad flash?
Here's my take:
To do any I better I would need to trespass into the realm of outright falsification and paint arbitrary detail in. Good quality reference photos for the subjects (especially for skin tone) could help, I suppose.
To do any I better I would need to trespass into the realm of outright falsification and paint arbitrary detail in. Good quality reference photos for the subjects (especially for skin tone) could help, I suppose.