Step 4: I usually
prefer to only use Image>Adjustments>Curves, but in this case I also used
Image>Brightness/Contrast at settings
shown in Step
5a. Use this only if by applying Step 4 the result appears too
muddy. If this step isn't yet fully satisfactory, undo
and go to the next
step.
Step 5a: I
first applied Curves adjustment in Step 4, but didn't like the results, so I
undid Step 4 and applied the settings
as shown in
here. Notice how the surrounded area now more closely resembles its
counterpart of the left chip.
Step 5b: I applied
Curves to the surrounded area, starting in the exact center coordinate and
diagonally dragging down and to the right,
while observing how
the action enriched the area surrounded by the Lasso. Once I got close as
possible to matching the values of the
corresponding area in
the left chip, I pressed the Okay button to apply the fix. Thanks to the
feathering setting of 40, the fix smoothly blends
in with the rest of
the picture.
Step 6: Shows
the result of applying the Curves setting (notice the slight arc of the diagonal
line in the Settings box). In this case I boosted contrast through
use of the Brightness/Contrast setting.
In most cases I would use Curves exclusively, but here I needed the added
contrast, so I
first applied
Brightness/Contrast and then used Curves.
Finally once I was
satisfied that the fixed area was a near-perfect match with the left chip. I
duplicated the attached stereo pair,
cropped off a left,
and then a right chip, and imported them into SPM for alignment, stereo window
adjustment, and conversion to
ana. Then the
finished image was opened in PS CS5, and inspected for possible tweaks, like
brightening and sharpening.
Then I saved the
finished stereoview as a PSD (Photoshop file), re-converted and re-sized a
copy as a jpeg, that I Saved for the Web,
and posted
on-line.
At first these steps
may seem a bit scary and lengthy, but once you practice this technique, the
entire process often takes up
less than five
minutes!
Marshall
