Shadow added to building
- Reduce the opacity until you are happy with the effect. You can always
paint back into the layer, or use lower-opacity brushes, to get the effect just
right. - To neutralize the shadow which exists on the wrong side of this same
building, repeat the process by adding another Curves adjustment layer
and setting it as a clipping mask. Add a mid point to your curve and move
the curve upward to lighten the image. Fill the adjustment layer mask with
black, and paint with a white brush over the shadow you wish to remove.
Reduce the opacity quite a lot, until the shadow is no longer prevalent.
Of course the composited image is still nowhere near perfect, but that
change in lighting has made a difference which now lets us imagine these