Adobe CS4 Design

Did you take a photo that has too much shine on it because of the flash? Maybe you were at a bad angle and the photo has a shadow you would like to get rid of. Here in this tutorial you will learn how to reduce both scenarios with just a few mouse clicks.

1. Launch Adobe Photoshop CS4 and open the photo you wish to work with. In this tutorial I am using a photo of George Foreman the former heavyweight boxing champion. You will notice that George has a shiny spot on the top of his head, and a shadown on the left side (your left not his) of his face. I have circled both in the picture.
2. Step 2

   First we are going to remove the shiny spot. In order to do that we will use the clone stamp tool. Create a new layer in photoshop and call it “shine”

3. Step 3

   Activate the clone stamp tool by pressing the letter “s” on your keyboard. The icon on your tools panel will turn into what looks like a rubber stamp.

4. Step 4

   On the options bar at the top (circled in red in the picture), select a soft edge brush, change the mode to darken your opacity to 20% (you can toy with this number to get the affect you are looking for) and set the sample dropdown box to “all layers”.

5. Step 5

   Now you need to grab a sample that will cover the shiny spot in the photo. To do this look for a small area in your photo that would closely resemble what would be where the shiny part is. In my example I am going to choose a portion directly next to the shiny part so it blends in better. The grab the sample, press the “alt” on your keyboard and click the left mouse button.

6. Step 6

   Now all that is left is to paint that sample you grabbed above over top the shiny area. To do that simply click the left mouse button over the shiny area and paint it in.