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billr73894450
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December 10, 2018
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Correcting for a shadow splitting an image

  • December 10, 2018
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I have a group picture of a rowing team that was taken from a drone. It's a cool picture but trees caused there to be half of the group in sunlight and the other half in shadow. How do I correct for this so it looks like the whole team was taken in the same light?

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Correct answer Chuck Uebele

The shadow is pretty soft, so that is good that there are no real hard edges. I would make a curved adjustment layer then mask/paint in the corrections. You're not going to be able to match the sunny look, but you can lighten them, warm up the color, and add a bit of contrast with the adjustment layer.

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Chuck Uebele
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December 10, 2018

Best to show a shot of your image, so we can better answer it.

billr73894450
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Chuck Uebele
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Chuck UebeleCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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December 10, 2018

The shadow is pretty soft, so that is good that there are no real hard edges. I would make a curved adjustment layer then mask/paint in the corrections. You're not going to be able to match the sunny look, but you can lighten them, warm up the color, and add a bit of contrast with the adjustment layer.