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Removing reflection from eyes – Episode #55

Photoshop, Retouching, Video May 26

Today we are covering an image Sofia sent over, asking for some help removing her reflection from a baby’s eyes. To remove the reflection, we are going to focus on the color of the reflection, not the actual shapes of the reflections. To do this we are painting over the eyes with a standard color, sampled from the eye, and setting the blending mode to color. To add a little more variation to the colors in the eyes, we are adding some hue jitter to the brush. This is going to add different colors into the eye, making it looks a little more realistic. After painting the different hues on the eyes, we lower the opacity of the layer with different hues to blend everything together.

Gear Used in This Episode

Wacom Intuos 4 Small

Adobe Photoshop CS6

15" Macbook PRO

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http://www.facebook.com/malcolmdebono Malcolm Debono

Excellent tip as always! Never knew about this brush setting… thanks!
Chad North

My advice…set your hours and abide by them. Keep them separate from personal. It has worked for me many times. But there are times when you just have to work extra hours for that extra pay. Hope that helps.
http://www.facebook.com/malcolmdebono Malcolm Debono

Forgot to mention this, but how about leaving a particular room just for getting away from work? This could include anything from an ultra-comfortable sofa to some tv to watch a couple of movies together! Just make sure that the room stands out from the rest and spend some quality time in it together when you feel like it!
http://twitter.com/waseefakhtar Waseef Akhtar

Phlearn Pro got my mind into heavy photoshopping for a few days now and I really had to do it. Though didn’t come out as I wanted it to be, which informed me that I’m still a beginner and one Phlearn Pro tutorial doesn’t turn anyone into Aaron Nace . So, sharing it with you guys.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/waseef/5762316745
http://twitter.com/ipbrian ipbrian

Cool episode guys as always….some online solutions to look into…Crashplan, Mozy, Carbonite, Backblaze…S3 is probably somewhat expensive by comparison. I am currently using Mozy, but they recently changed their pricing structure, so I am looking heavily at CrashPlan. Keep one copy on your hard drive, a second copy on a external drive and a third copy preferable at an online backup site (or an external drive OFFSITE). This is all essential!

Here is a good example of an enterprise structure, but the above replicates it on a home/small scale! It is Essential! I have a buddy who lost all of his pictures because of improper backup. Backup you files!

http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2010/06/workflow-and-backup-for-photo-video/

Sorry if I sound preachy, but this is important.
http://www.paulliebrand.com Paul Liebrand

I recommend using something like iDrive or CrashPlan for backing up your photos remotely. They are relateively inexpensive and gets it offsite.
Dave Gunzenhauser

hello there…..

I work from home sometimes… in fact, I have summer hours and I work at
home every Friday starting tomorrow.. woo hoo.. and, its only a 1/2 day
to top it off… oops sorry… that wasn’t helpful to your question,
just exciting for me

here are some of the things I do when I work from home…

When I leave my work area (even if it is right next to another area), I
leave my work in that space. For instance, if I am in my “home office”
and I want a rest, I may take a siesta on the couch. But, when I am on
the couch, my laptop and cell phone stay in the office area. That is
essential as I feel like I am away from work by doing that.

Also, Chad is spot on… designating time for work is essential. That
doesn’t mean you cannot continue to think about work when sleeping
(which is my favorite time to think about work, just work someone else
does, not me), but don’t make that space also your work space. Free
yourself from the shackles of f-stops

There are a billion ways to work this one out..

BTW, suppose you need to talk about specific things related to your work… scheduling time during “work hours” is a really great way to not let it creep into other things. For instance, you don’t want to be at dinner, candles, nice music, great vegiterrian food, and then all of a sudden, whip out a pencil and pad to talk about your next project…
Saul Llanes

Great episode guys!
As for your question, my mother has been working from home for over 8 years now. She had the same problem as you, we would be having lunch and she will stand up because she forgot to send over forms or to call a client. We made an extension to our house and made her an office. Now everytime she needs something for work, she is forced to go into the office. This did not only help her realize how much time she put into her work, but also keep work life separate from home life.

Basically… having a separate location to do work helps a lot!

Hope that helps
Sofiaplana

thanks!! it is my baby… lol.. I don´t go stealing babies for photoshoots…

as for the working from home, I know it drives you crazy… I did it for a few months when I was preganant and I hated it… eventually I started going to my parent´s house to work because It was empty and I needed to separete spaces… and it really helped..
Thephotolab

I think the solution is as simple as just creating seperate spaces WITHIN your home for living and working. Do not allow yourself to do ANY work in areas not designated for it. its tough at first, but eventually it works out
http://twitter.com/ipbrian ipbrian

Forgot to comment on the working from home. I don’t have any problems and actually REALLY prefer to work at home. I keep really strict hours 8-5 with respect to my 8-5 job. My other enterprise is something I love to do and frankly it doesn’t feel like work it feels…fun. Despite loving what you are doing you really need to make time for each other. Maybe that means setting hours, maybe that means eating lunch together and taking a walk outside. Life needs balance.
http://twitter.com/waseefakhtar Waseef Akhtar

For the advise, a few articles would help, much. http://mashable.com/2011/05/26/work-from-home-productivity/
Jan de Brauw

i worked from home for years, with my wife, and the best things we did was go for a walk every morning before you start as it makes you feel like you have walked to work, and also go out for lunch every day, at least twice a week seperately!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_B6KATL4BH743A6LDZ6NMVTUJFA Andrea Christina

Omg that took me some time to figure it out… I thought I was in Color Dynamics and I could not find the Hue Jitter and was already getting frustrated when I realized I have to click on that one I was in Shape Dynamics before… *rolls eyes* No wonder I could not find the Hue Jitter

Cool tutorial again, I cannot wait to try this out on some eyes
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