Remove shadows from photos with Photoshop

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In our lives, it's hard to be perfect. Here is a picture of the cute baby, there is a big shadow, how to remove it, the following people with me. This tutorial is for learners: Photoshop Intermediate User Advanced

This tutorial focuses on the use of color adjustment layers, the use of color-adjusted layer masks, the conversion of masks and selections, the use of color overlay layers, and the advanced usage of the Fade tool.

This tutorial techniques set: Color Unified Layer Uniform color method, adjust layer multiple adjustment method, multiple overlay color layer to increase color hierarchy method, problem solving ideas and rules. First paste the material:

This cute baby's image has a big shadow, how to do it.

Haha, it does not matter, with me to color.

First of all, we have to copy the original layer, so that you can accidentally repair the original image, with a backup of the underlying background images to do a new one. Guarantee that the original artwork will not be repaired to an unrecoverable state.

Click the location shown in label 1, select the Curve command in the adjustment layer, and adjust to the curve shown in label 3, click OK.

Look, label 1 should now be white, press ctrl+i, and reverse it. Why, this image is back to the original appearance. Originally this is a mask, the mask, the white part indicates that the adjustment layer has effect, the black part indicates that the adjustment layer has no effect. We turn this mask from white to black, and the adjustment layer is invalidated. People will ask, I do this layer is to make it effective, you let it fail, this layer is what use AH. It doesn't matter, we'll go down.

Change the foreground color to white as shown in label 2. With a softer brush, paint the shaded part of the mask, and you will find that the effect of the curve adjustment layer will appear when you apply it. Finally look at the place shown in label 1, the brush should be painted with a white area of the
Tip: In the adjustment layer mask, the white place is valid, the black place is invalid, the gray place is different according to the gray level, produces the different intensity the effect.

Here's a very useful color palette: squint-eye Dafa.

Haha, if you go to art school, this is a very common method, so that people from the art schools, often squint to see mm. I also like this, people always say I am "pervert", injustice ah ...

The way to do this is to squint your eyes and look away from the picture. Don't look at the picture as if it's a little brighter, but it's not good to squint. The shadows are still black. How to do it. Of course, we have to add an adjustment layer, this time we put the role of the new adjustment layer in a range. In fact, we already have this range. That's the mask of our curve adjustment layer just now. The mask is loaded into the selection by pressing the CTRL key and clicking the place shown in label 1. Then add a curve adjustment layer with just the method. Adjust the shading as shown in labels 3 and 4. Click OK to see that the new curve adjustment layer has been added to the mask for the selection definition.

This area of action is not what we ultimately want. As you can see, we're asking for some light on the sleeves, and the pillows and quilts underneath are too bright.

As shown in the picture, use a black brush to rub back in the mask where you don't need to lighten up. Note that when you rub, you need to reduce the opacity of the brush, so that you can slowly adjust the image, not a downward overshoot. If some places have been transferred, you can rub it back with white. This example is the most difficult place to tune the shadow transition. Use the brush to rub it out slowly. This is also the most time-consuming and energetic place.

Tip: Adjust the layer mask is to adjust the local color of the super weapon, be good at using it.

To create a new layer on the top of the layers panel, called the "color unification layer" to change its layer blending mode to "color", we began to take the color of those very strong colors to "draw" back.

As shown in label 3, with the color sampler, in the vicinity of the color to take a normal color, here I took out the light green quilt, with a brush in the color of the unified layer on the label 5 shows the place slowly draw the color, it will replace the original here yellow color.
As our brushes slowly alter, the color here turns to normal. In the same way, rub the color on the right side of the pillow. Note that the color should be sampled multiple times, do not use only one color, the location of the sample should be closer to the modified position. Of course, if you are sure, you can also take similar colors in other locations.

Press the diagram, and we then modify the color of the sleeve.

The color sampler is sampled at label 2 and applied on the color uniform layer at label 4. You can see that the color here is immediately unified.

Some places on the sleeve are not satisfactory. Because the image in the shadow has great loss, the contrast between light and shade is too weak, the individual place is even a little fuzzy. As shown in the picture, use a lower opacity depth tool to manually repair these places in a background copy. Note that you can not adjust too much, click a few, to achieve the effect of the stop.

If you have studied sketch, you should see the difference between the color of the sleeve and the contrast. Use the Dodge tool into the deepening tool, respectively, in the "scope" of the darkened, highlights and other settings, to the unsatisfactory place for subtle adjustments. For the poor foundation of the art of a friend, you can skip this step.

As with the color uniform layer method, we can overlay the color layer multiple times to complement the color of the image. Here I add a little red color to the pillow. A good foundation of fine arts friends can try. A friend who has a poor foundation in art can skip this step.

Methods are taught to everyone, the rest is the actual operation of everyone. Remember that the practice of truth, more than learning and can not be fully learned, many want to practice to let the technology quickly improve.

Final effect:

Final Repair Effect

Pre-repair Photos