Fur Colour

[Tom McDonald]

Hi

We have a Dalmatian dog and want to play a trick on our daughter by editing a photo to remove the black spots and smudges to leave a white looking dog.

Can't find a way to do this so that it looks natural leaving the fur texture and a blend matching existing white fur.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards

 

Tom McDonald

[James Ritson]

Hi Tom,

 

I was down in Cheddar last week, lovely place!

 

Sounds like you want to be using frequency separation. It's typically used for portraiture but you can use it in any situation where you have complex textural information.

 

There are three videos that cover using frequency separation: Frequency Separation, Nature Portrait and, most importantly for your case, Removing Lens Flares (as this demonstrates you can do it with any imagery, not just portraiture).

 

If you were willing to attach the image in question it would be easier to help you with this specific case, but generally speaking, you'll probably want to remove the black spots on the low frequency layer, leaving the fine detail intact on the high frequency layer. The high frequency layer might however contain some colour information, so some work may be required on this layer too - or it may not! Depends on the image.

 

Hope that helps, let me know if that's enough to work with!

[Tom McDonald]

Hi James 

Thanks for that, 

Shall be working over weekend but shall try this next week. Attached boring photo but would be suitable for what is intended.