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Eliminating Reflection With detailed object selection, techniques in lighting and color, and reconstruction, most glares and reflections can be eliminated from reflective objects like windows and mirrors. This practice works best with inanimate objects as opposed to people and animals, although it can work with both. (See the illustration 1.)

Hot Spots and
Cool Down
Often times lighting in a picture causes a very bright glare or "hot spot" on objects (as in illustration 2). Similarly, lighting can seem bright in such a way that it seems to overpower the objects in the picture, in which case it needs to be "cooled down" (as seen around the lights in illustration 1).

Image Clean-Up
Sometimes otherwise beautiful pictures are obstructed by slight imperfections or undesired objects (as seen with the hand towel in illustration 2). Through manipulation and reconstruction, clean-up and repair is possible.

Glamourize
For models' and actors' portraits and the family photos, it can be worthwhile to glam them up a bit — smooth out the skin and wrinkles, cover up the blemishes, make the eyes sparkle, hair shine and thicker, and so much more. (Compare the before images on the left to the glammed results on the right in illustration 3.)

Cropping and Cut-Outs
Cropping simply implies taking a square cut out of a picture to eliminate edges or to single out an area to keep. (Illustration 4 utilizes both cropping and cut-outs.) A cut-out is literally cutting an object out by its lines and shape.(See illustration 5 with the floral cut-out.)

Eliminate or Change a Background
To eliminate a background provides an entirely new perception of an object. It can be collaged with other objects, placed in a diagram, used in a presentation or made available for a new background altogether. (Illustration 4 is an example of removing and adding a background. Illustration 5 actually has a voided background that shows up black, which can now be used in any of the aforementioned ways.)

Add or Combine Content
Sometimes it becomes necessary or desired to move things around a bit. Perhaps a designer wants to show a particular painting in a room other than where it is hung (as in illustration 6). Or, maybe it just takes a swirl of different pieces brought together to achieve the effect you are looking for (as in illustration 4.)
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