How can i get rid of backscatter?

[Uncle Pug]

Yeah... Marilyn found them at Stupid Prices for $35 (and no sales tax) after I had already bought one at Costco. Sheesh.

 

[BurBunny]

As an aside, PS Elements 4 has just been announced

 

[PapaBob]

I'm just an PS Elements (Costco $89) user. Elements has the healing brush tools... and I think that spot healing is one of them. I'll have to check.

Come to think of it, Pug, you are right. PSE3 had the spot healing brush and a nifty redeye tool which were so good they had to include them in PsCs2. Talk about an upgrade.

---Bob

 

[discrepancy]

Yes... use the healing brush tool in replace mode. In the example below the original image was too dark... but when I lightened it a ton of backscatter appeared. I used the healing brush tool to get rid of it.

Thanks Uncle for the tip. I used the healing tool on a bad pic with mountains of backscatter and bubbles. The tool worked as advertised, although bursting every small bubble with the mouse introduces the risk of RSI.

I killed off some distracting foliage while I was at it, and the healing tool helped blend the hole over as well.

I suppose the best solution is to use strobes on arms and minimise the problem in the first place, but sometimes you work with what you've got.

Before and after shots are attached.

Thanks again.

 

[justleesa]

good touch up

 

[Uncle Pug]

discrepancy ~ Wow... great job and cool picture too!

 

[Dee]

Nice job!

 

[justleesa]

I took a picture today, tons of backscatter (picture #1).

I worked on it with the clone tool and this is what became of it (picture #2).

 

[discrepancy]

Niiice. What's that the shark has in his mouth? A diver's finger?

 

[justleesa]

When I DL'd the pictures I was thinking almost the same thing.... "Hey, it didn't have anything in its mouth." When I zoomed in I noticed that it was just a shadow. The white tip reef shark has a little hook like thingie on their "upper lip"