ericphelps Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I've got the latest edition of LR, and am generally ok when editing basic steps. But beyond the basics I'm at a loss. Here for example is a jpeg, an untouched RAW photo exported to jpeg for posting. I've tried using the masking program to remove the band of sunlight at the right of the scene, with no progress. It seems easy according to the videos, and I know it can be done well but no progress here at all. It was a tight area and I couldn't avoid this light streaming from a wall opening. Can someone suggest a method using these masking tools to accomplish this? Thanks Why do I say things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanKlein Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I'm sorry I can't help you with your question, but I have one for you. Is this new LR Classic an update of the purchased version or the CC monthly charge version? Flickr gallery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanklein2000/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Katz Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) I use LR Classic, and while I am certainly no LR or post processing expert, it seems to me that that band of sunlight represents a fatally overexposed area. This is not a criticism since you obviously needed to expose for your subject, but just a factual matter. Since there is unlikely to be any usable data in the file for that area, I am not sure what you want to accomplish via masking? No amount of dodging (old manual printing term) will result in any usable information from the file. Perhaps that area could possibly be fixed by cloning the spots that are usable, but that is far beyond my skills. Why don't you just crop the image to remove that burned out sunlit area and call it a day. Edited January 28, 2023 by Ken Katz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericphelps Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 1 hour ago, AlanKlein said: I'm sorry I can't help you with your question, but I have one for you. Is this new LR Classic an update of the purchased version or the CC monthly charge version? It's the standalone Classic. Why do I say things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericphelps Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 57 minutes ago, Ken Katz said: I use LR Classic, and while I am certainly no LR or post processing expert, it seems to me that that band of sunlight represents a fatally overexposed area. This is not a criticism since you obviously needed to expose for your subject, but just a factual matter. Since there is unlikely to be any usable data in the file for that area, I am not sure what you want to accomplish via masking? No amount of dodging (old manual printing term) will result in any usable information from the file. Perhaps that area could possibly be fixed by cloning the spots that are usable, but that is far beyond my skills. Why don't you just crop the image to remove that burned out sunlit area and call it a day. Thanks Ken - Yes I may have to try another method beyond masking. It was a hurried moment at that site, and actually my wife doesn't remember 'a band of intrusive sunlight' hitting that area. My id'ing it as such was all I could come up with to explain the washed out area. But still confused about what caused this. I really trust this Fuji X100F on auto and have never had a result like this. Cropping will be the last resort but it will save the group photo. Why do I say things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Smith Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 The band of light is, as others say, irretrievable. It is just 100% and shows no detail. So the best plan is simply to crop the image tightly to exclude it. You could convert to black and white and selectively decrease highlight or whites in that area, so that it becomes more gray and slightly less worrying, but I think this is unlikely to work very well, so cropping is best. 1 Robin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Parsons Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Hope you dont mind, but i had a QD attempt to change things. Just cloned the wall from beside the highlight - a little better ? Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericphelps Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 17 hours ago, Tony Parsons said: Hope you dont mind, but i had a QD attempt to change things. Just cloned the wall from beside the highlight - a little better ? Tony That's just exceptional Tony-Thanks! All this is a good reminder for me of how basic my chops are in photography. My main fault here was not assessing the room quickly for good/bad backgrounds and areas, but luckily cropping did let it slide into acceptability, 1 Why do I say things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Parsons Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Thanks - I'm sure someone with more skill and experience than I could improve on this - Just did it to give a suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
httpwww.photo.netbarry Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Nice job Tony. I just saw this thread and my first thought was cloning was the main chance to save it as the big white splotch is totally blown out with probably no recoverable info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaldog Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Upload the raw as DNG which include all your edits to something like Dropbox to allow a masking attempt. 1 Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management" (pluralsight.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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