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Remove groundwork shadows using Lightroom?

JDMONAHAN • Junior Member • Posts: 43

Remove background shadows using Lightroom?

Dec 8, 2010

Hi

I have limited Lightroom feel and have tried using the adjustment brush with little success to remove the shadows in the attached picture.

I'one thousand not then concerned with the shadows below the waist. But, actually need to clean up the shadows around the heads.

Any tips would be appreciated!

Thanks,
James

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Hugowolf • Forum Pro • Posts: 12,676

Re: Remove groundwork shadows using Lightroom?

JDMONAHAN wrote:

Hi

I accept limited Lightroom experience and have tried using the aligning brush with little success to remove the shadows in the fastened motion picture.

I'm not so concerned with the shadows below the waist. But, really demand to clean up the shadows around the heads.

I don't know of anyway of doing this in LR. I would open up information technology in Photoshop where the selection tools are more elaborate.

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Tom C • Veteran Member • Posts: five,488

Re: Remove background shadows using Lightroom?

This was a quick one simply I just masked out the shadow and painted the wall on a new layer.

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Re: Remove background shadows using Lightroom?

Hullo!

I have been wondering how to do this as well, and I see that there was a solution to removing the shadow from your photo. Could you share how you were able to do this in Lightroom?

Thank you

foresaa • Senior Member • Posts: ane,798

Re: Remove background shadows using Lightroom?

One way is to employ Photoshop & remove the whole groundwork

JDMONAHAN wrote:

Hi

I accept limited Lightroom feel and have tried using the aligning brush with lilliputian success to remove the shadows in the attached picture.

I'm not and so concerned with the shadows beneath the waist. But, really demand to clean up the shadows effectually the heads.

Any tips would be appreciated!

Thanks,
James

Re: Remove background shadows using Lightroom?

Non sure it is all-time to REMOVE the shadows completely, (unless you lot are replacing the background that is) I retrieve it is normally best to reduce the harshness of them. I practise that past selecting each surface area with a selection tool. I apply the pen tool, and then fill those selections with the proper groundwork color, and and then simply reduce the opacity of that layer to say l%. Here is the before and after effects.

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danielleruff wrote:

Hello!

I have been wondering how to do this besides, and I encounter that there was a solution to removing the shadow from your photo. Could yous share how you were able to do this in Lightroom?

Thank you

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JulesJ • Forum Pro • Posts: 45,680

Re: Remove background shadows using Lightroom?

In reply to Tom C • Feb 20, 2011

In LR?
Jules

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This was a quick ane merely I but masked out the shadow and painted the wall on a new layer.

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Re: Remove background shadows using Lightroom? - 5 tough

I gave information technology a "quick try" using LR 3 and its aligning brush. I could not produce anything that I liked and would testify here.
It's pretty quick in PS Elements, or PS, as those earlier responses showed.

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Tom C • Veteran Member • Posts: 5,488

Re: Remove background shadows using Lightroom?

Sorry, that was done in Photoshop. I don't retrieve you can get the same results in LR, if I can I volition post the results.
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Re: Remove background shadows using Lightroom?

Lightroom was not fabricated for extensive local editing. You can play around with the brush only I dubiety yous will go annihilation close to photoshop.

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OP JDMONAHAN • Inferior Fellow member • Posts: 43

Re: Remove groundwork shadows using Lightroom?

In respond to foresaa • Mar 21, 2011

I already gave the set of pics to the family for this event. But, wish i had this edited version at the time. I definitely need more than practise in LR and PS.

Thanks!
James

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Re: Remove groundwork shadows using Lightroom?

You could give them one of the new ones.

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