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Flash flare Susan Penter 05 Nov 13:42
  Flash flare David Gowers 05 Nov 14:59
Susan Penter
2008-11-05 13:42:05 UTC (over 15 years ago)

Flash flare

Hi I am relatively new to doing much beyond cropping, I have learnt to correct the white balance etc recently. I was wondering whether there was a plug in or built in tool that would remove the flare of flash when something is photographed behind glass. This is not an image I took but one sent to me to put of a web site, it is not something she can go back and re-photograph.

Thanks in advance,

Susan

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David Gowers
2008-11-05 14:59:21 UTC (over 15 years ago)

Flash flare

Hi Susan,

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Susan Penter wrote:

Hi I am relatively new to doing much beyond cropping, I have learnt to correct the white balance etc recently. I was wondering whether there was a plug in or built in tool that would remove the flare of flash when something is photographed behind glass. This is not an image I took but one sent to

Your problem is not clear to me, it could be one or both of two things : a) parts of image have been 'burnt out' by the flash (in which case, there is no information that *can* be restored, or
b) there are strange highlights across the entire picture caused by the glass

in case a) you might be able to use 'resynthesizer' plugin to synthesize detail for the burnt out areas based on surrounding textures.

In case b) you could first adjust the white-balance to seem more natural, and then create a layer in 'subtract' mode filled with white -- start painting with a fuzzy brush on that layer, trying to directly counteract the highlighted areas.

There may be simpler solutions. I'm pretty sure there is not a solution as easy as you're looking for.

David