StewartR
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I've discovered a weird phenomenon in Lightroom. I'd be grateful if anybody could explain whether this is a bug, a feature which I hadn't understood, or simply user error.
The situation is that my photo contains out-of-focus highlights caused by the sun filtering through trees in the background. Unfortunately some of them are totally burnt out, but I can rescue it by cloning some not-burnt-out highlights into the burnt-out area. Since the highlights are round, it seemed ideally suited to the cloning functionality within Lightroom rather than exporting it into Photoshop.
The first screenshot shows two cloning operations in process. Both clones are sampled from the same area of the photo. To the right, cloning into an ordinary (not burnt-out) area of the photo is successful. To the left, cloning into the burnt-out area results in a magenta fringe to the cloned area.
The second screenshot has the highlight warning turned on, so you can see the burnt-out area in red. Again there are two cloning operations in process, and again they are both sampled from the same area of the photo. To the left, cloning into an area which is completely burnt-out results in a complete magenta fringe. To the right, cloning into an area which is only partially burnt-out results in a partial magenta fringe. The fringe here corresponds roughly to the burnt-out area.
Any ideas? Bug, or user error? Should I just cut my losses and do it in Photoshop?
Cheers
Stewart
The situation is that my photo contains out-of-focus highlights caused by the sun filtering through trees in the background. Unfortunately some of them are totally burnt out, but I can rescue it by cloning some not-burnt-out highlights into the burnt-out area. Since the highlights are round, it seemed ideally suited to the cloning functionality within Lightroom rather than exporting it into Photoshop.
The first screenshot shows two cloning operations in process. Both clones are sampled from the same area of the photo. To the right, cloning into an ordinary (not burnt-out) area of the photo is successful. To the left, cloning into the burnt-out area results in a magenta fringe to the cloned area.
The second screenshot has the highlight warning turned on, so you can see the burnt-out area in red. Again there are two cloning operations in process, and again they are both sampled from the same area of the photo. To the left, cloning into an area which is completely burnt-out results in a complete magenta fringe. To the right, cloning into an area which is only partially burnt-out results in a partial magenta fringe. The fringe here corresponds roughly to the burnt-out area.
Any ideas? Bug, or user error? Should I just cut my losses and do it in Photoshop?
Cheers
Stewart
