Thursday, July 8, 2010

Photoshop Workbench 235: Taking Advantage of Symmetry When Retouching

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In a live Photoshop session during a recent RMSP workshop, Nancy Ortowski submitted this lovely image of the Boulder Theater. Nancy wanted to know if it’s possible to remove the lamp post from the right side of the scene. Normally, this would present a significant retouching challenge, but due to the theater’s symmetry, we were able to graft almost painlessly from one side of the theater to the other. Here’s what we leaned…

2 Responses to “Photoshop Workbench 235: Taking Advantage of Symmetry When Retouching”

  1. Ekke Says:
    Friday, July 9, 2010 at 4:20 am

    Mark, thank you for this workbench and the inspiring explanation. Just one little question. Would it not be easier to get rid of the reflections in the window by painting black on the mask?

  2. Terence O'Neill Says:
    Friday, July 9, 2010 at 11:25 am

    Mark

    Great little TIP

    If, instead of rotating & shifting the fliped cut-out, you can get an almost perfect match by using Edit, Transform & Distort. With Distort you can match the four corners with the sreened view.

    This will even work if there is an obliqueness to the photo (one side of the symetrical item would be larger/smaller than the other)

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