You just saved me from jumping out the 3rd floor window of my office. A client requested that I remove reflections from a product image of a crumpled piece of weird plastic (which they thought was distracting). The complexity of the reflections is beyond description. In ten minutes I fixed everything using your technique. This was astonishingly helpful!
This is a pretty advanced tutorial. Beginners beware. He shows about 8 different technics in this one video. If you don't know how to use the pen tool proficiently and havn't memorized basic shortcuts like cmd+return, cmd+d, cmd+alt+z, then you should probably learn that first before getting into this video. Granted, it's a good tutorial.
Thank you. I've been really getting into Photoshop for my picture editing and I work on it more and more and need to learn more techniques as I go. And you have definitely taught me a new trick today. Thank you!
Good technique to make it faster. I work a lot "cleaning" classic cars pictures because I'm the "Concurso de Elegancia México" designer, so I pass lots of time getting rid of reflects, scratches, dust, shades... But I always use clone stamp and cut and paste, then erase edges... One cool trick that I implement a lot is cutting out all the chrome pieces that have reflects (specially when the cars are over grass or there's people around), and then desaturate them and play a little with the bright/contrast to give a neat chrome effect. In the end they look really beautiful, but it's a lot of work!
+Admando Zapata thanks for checking this out and for adding some more cool tips to the list! I will definitely have to give that a shot but I could see how that would also produce some pretty cool effects. I think that would work nicely as long as there weren't any objects that were being reflected in the chrome that are still identifiable after desaturating.
I'm a Real Estate photographer. Reflections are the bane of my existence. Glaring reflections of the flash, or there I am in the middle of the mirror, or etc etc. I'm going to try this on those kinds of things. im not sure it will work, especially on the reflections of the flash in window, just because they are so big most of the time. But thanks for sharing, whether it works for me or not. It's an interesting approach.
In the clone stamp segment, you don't have to merge edit layers to use clone stamp-in fact, I would suggest you didn't. I work non-destructively. The clone stamp tool has a setting in the control bar that will allow you to change the sample area from current to current & below.
Yes! This is a great point, thank you for your comment. I know it was from a while ago but you are absolutely correct that the Stamp Tool can be used in a more effective way by using a different layer and changing the settings to ‘Current and Below’ to preserve the original layer.
I don't have mac so I'm getting lost whenever you use the command key. How do I select the area that my pen encircled? To add on, when you say to copy the selected area, Photoshop tells me that no area is selected.
When he says command just think ''Ctrl'' for the PC and when using the pen tool make your path by putting multiple points to encircle what ever you want and when your done right click and a menu will appear and choose ''make selection'' and that should give you the ''marching ants'' or in other words an alternating line pattern which means that this area is selected, also make sure that your on a layer that has pixels Hope this helps!
Erm... just use the patch tool! Make your selection the select the patch tool and drag to the non reflective area. Find the patch tool by clicking and holding on the stamp tool. That should save you a fair amount of time with this kind of work.
Awesome video :) I personally, would not have spent so long explaining Pen/Path Tool... as you "don't have the time..." And instead, I would have explained the "Level Enhancement and Boosted Saturation...", that's far more important in the "Removing Reflections in PSD". - Thanks for sharing.
I have a question. When I go to select an area with the pen and copy it. It doesn’t let me copy it. It’s simply not an option and I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong. All I do is choose an area with the the pen tool, hit command and return then click copy but the copy button is dark because it doesn’t let me
I need to remove a pedestal and a backpack from a marble reflective floor. Is there any way to show you the picture so you could tell me if the trick works there too? Thanks :)
+Anirudh Ramesh thank you for your comments. When doing this technique please make sure that you have the appropriate layer selected when you are copying a selection that you intend to load into your saved selection. It may be possible that you had an empty layer highlighted or an area where there was no information when attempting to copy.
I’m not quite as familiar with PC’s as I am a Mac, but I think most of the steps would remain the same. One thing I am pretty sure of is that on a PC you would use the Control key instead of the Command key.
Thanks for your comment! Blending with the brush is usually done by brushing with a low opacity setting. You can use the numbers on your keyboard to change the opacity of your brush by increments of 10% so '2' would be 20% opacity etc. you could also change it with the sliders and softer brushes work better for blending than hard edged brushes. Hopefully this will help!
You should lower the opacity so a bit comes through. This is a bit over the top. It is a nice technique and using those shapes allows yo uto quick make selections afterwards if somethings needs to be fixed.
+Julius Tetteh if there is anyway for you to show me the image that you are working with I can try and help you with a more specific answer as the approach really depends on the image and type of reflections you are trying to get rid of.
I selected the part/reflection with the pen and I went up to the ‘select’ tab on my Mac and when I went to click save selection, it didn’t let me. Could anybody help?
+Shah Mehraj this could be done by airbrushing on a new layer or using the clone tool and sampling a part of the car that looks good before pasting it on top of the dent.
You just saved me from jumping out the 3rd floor window of my office. A client requested that I remove reflections from a product image of a crumpled piece of weird plastic (which they thought was distracting). The complexity of the reflections is beyond description. In ten minutes I fixed everything using your technique. This was astonishingly helpful!
This is a pretty advanced tutorial. Beginners beware. He shows about 8 different technics in this one video. If you don't know how to use the pen tool proficiently and havn't memorized basic shortcuts like cmd+return, cmd+d, cmd+alt+z, then you should probably learn that first before getting into this video. Granted, it's a good tutorial.
I love these tutorials that use images that are literally a perfect case scenario.
Very helpful and informative, Thank you so much Eric! God bless and good luck!
Thanks Nate! I’m glad you found it to be helpful!
After 10 years you can learn something new! Thanks for this.
Thank you Kyleah! I'm so glad you liked the tutorial!
Thank you. I've been really getting into Photoshop for my picture editing and I work on it more and more and need to learn more techniques as I go. And you have definitely taught me a new trick today. Thank you!
Good technique to make it faster.
I work a lot "cleaning" classic cars pictures because I'm the "Concurso de Elegancia México" designer, so I pass lots of time getting rid of reflects, scratches, dust, shades...
But I always use clone stamp and cut and paste, then erase edges...
One cool trick that I implement a lot is cutting out all the chrome pieces that have reflects (specially when the cars are over grass or there's people around), and then desaturate them and play a little with the bright/contrast to give a neat chrome effect.
In the end they look really beautiful, but it's a lot of work!
+Admando Zapata thanks for checking this out and for adding some more cool tips to the list! I will definitely have to give that a shot but I could see how that would also produce some pretty cool effects. I think that would work nicely as long as there weren't any objects that were being reflected in the chrome that are still identifiable after desaturating.
Yeah man, that is a total challenge, in that case I use the spot healing brush in the parts i need to and clone, and stuff...
Thanks for answering =)
I'm a Real Estate photographer. Reflections are the bane of my existence. Glaring reflections of the flash, or there I am in the middle of the mirror, or etc etc. I'm going to try this on those kinds of things. im not sure it will work, especially on the reflections of the flash in window, just because they are so big most of the time. But thanks for sharing, whether it works for me or not. It's an interesting approach.
This video was really helpful. Thanks.
In the clone stamp segment, you don't have to merge edit layers to use clone stamp-in fact, I would suggest you didn't. I work non-destructively. The clone stamp tool has a setting in the control bar that will allow you to change the sample area from current to current & below.
Yes! This is a great point, thank you for your comment. I know it was from a while ago but you are absolutely correct that the Stamp Tool can be used in a more effective way by using a different layer and changing the settings to ‘Current and Below’ to preserve the original layer.
Great!
Thank you very much
Thank you for the video, I appreciate that.
You saved a lot of time for me man! Glad I bumped into your video.
Pasting into a selection! Brilliant! Thank you for teaching me something new!
+filemanager83 no problem! I am glad I was able to teach you something new. Please subscribe if you haven't already and help us spread the word!
solid tutorial
I don't have mac so I'm getting lost whenever you use the command key. How do I select the area that my pen encircled? To add on, when you say to copy the selected area, Photoshop tells me that no area is selected.
I think once you have a path from the Pen Tool you can press Control+Enter on the keyboard and it should activate a selection around your object?
When he says command just think ''Ctrl'' for the PC and when using the pen tool make your path by putting multiple points to encircle what ever you want and when your done right click and a menu will appear and choose ''make selection'' and that should give you the ''marching ants'' or in other words an alternating line pattern which means that this area is selected, also make sure that your on a layer that has pixels
Hope this helps!
such a helpful video
Erm... just use the patch tool! Make your selection the select the patch tool and drag to the non reflective area. Find the patch tool by clicking and holding on the stamp tool.
That should save you a fair amount of time with this kind of work.
Thanks for the tips :)
Happy to help! I'm glad that you liked the video and hope you will be able to do some cool stuff with this technique :)
Awesome video :)
I personally, would not have spent so long explaining Pen/Path Tool... as you "don't have the time..."
And instead, I would have explained the "Level Enhancement and Boosted Saturation...", that's far more important in the "Removing Reflections in PSD". - Thanks for sharing.
I have a question. When I go to select an area with the pen and copy it. It doesn’t let me copy it. It’s simply not an option and I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong. All I do is choose an area with the the pen tool, hit command and return then click copy but the copy button is dark because it doesn’t let me
I need to remove a pedestal and a backpack from a marble reflective floor. Is there any way to show you the picture so you could tell me if the trick works there too? Thanks :)
hey! nice tutorials! Jus one q, I got this error during the "copying " step. "cannot copy as area is empty".
Wat should I do?
+Anirudh Ramesh thank you for your comments. When doing this technique please make sure that you have the appropriate layer selected when you are copying a selection that you intend to load into your saved selection. It may be possible that you had an empty layer highlighted or an area where there was no information when attempting to copy.
Teach Me To Design oh, alright! Thank you very much. Will try it out! 👌
Unlock first, then
select the layer before copying.
Thank you for the excellent tutorial. I always worry about "touching" an image this much when it has to go to the print shop. Any worries?
what about on a pc?
I’m not quite as familiar with PC’s as I am a Mac, but I think most of the steps would remain the same. One thing I am pretty sure of is that on a PC you would use the Control key instead of the Command key.
Really helpfull
+Abdul Hameed thank you my friend! I'm glad you found this to be helpful :)
I did the same as you did with a pen, and when i want to save selection i don't get that option. Why not?
+BADBOY - are you changing the 'Channel' option to 'New' when you open the Save Selection Dialog Box?
It's ok, i figured it out. The thing is you have to right click the selected area and then click "make selection".
When I get to the "Paste Selection" command, the command is grayed out, and will not allow me to enable the command. What am I doing incorrectly?
Excellent work dude
+Ls Lx thank you so much for the kind words! Very much appreciated.
I cant figure out how to blend w/ the brush ?
Thanks for your comment! Blending with the brush is usually done by brushing with a low opacity setting. You can use the numbers on your keyboard to change the opacity of your brush by increments of 10% so '2' would be 20% opacity etc. you could also change it with the sliders and softer brushes work better for blending than hard edged brushes. Hopefully this will help!
+Eric Vasquez I figured it out but appreciate it man good tutorial
You should lower the opacity so a bit comes through. This is a bit over the top. It is a nice technique and using those shapes allows yo uto quick make selections afterwards if somethings needs to be fixed.
Nice! Do you have any idea on how to remove that dirtness appearence on plastics like at the tires and in the inner fenders?
What are the steps to remove the glares & shines on a car photo?
Thanks :)
My right ear enjoyed this video.
Hi, I got this jpg photo of a bedroom with too much light from the window making one side of the photo kind of washed out. How do I deal with this?
+Julius Tetteh if there is anyway for you to show me the image that you are working with I can try and help you with a more specific answer as the approach really depends on the image and type of reflections you are trying to get rid of.
My paste special option under the edit menu is grayed out, i have tried redoing it on different layers and it still is grayed out. Help please?
the sound isn't balance on left and right
i can´t do space into. why is that? can someone help me?
Hello i pls need help on a photo
I selected the part/reflection with the pen and I went up to the ‘select’ tab on my Mac and when I went to click save selection, it didn’t let me. Could anybody help?
If youre using windows keboard, when youre done selecting, click ctrl+enter and then you can save selection
that a lot of work yay!
This just looks like a low quality render now.
What to do when you dont have that other color or something
your like making the stamp tool more complicated......
Hi... How I remove dent of a car...
+Shah Mehraj this could be done by airbrushing on a new layer or using the clone tool and sampling a part of the car that looks good before pasting it on top of the dent.
Good video but... shoot with a CPL and save all this hassle.
this entirely impossible for door or window glasses
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Just use a polariser 🤦♂️
even with a Polarizer you cant get rid of all reflections......
Polarizer only gets rid of glare.
U talk too much next time go to the point 🤦🏻♂️