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Old 25 May 2017, 07:27 AM   #1
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How to make a perfect ghost insert in 90 seconds

End result:


  1. You simply take a photo of a-tad-faded-olive-green-insert on a 16610LV
  2. Load the image into the Snapseed App
  3. Use the brush tool and select the desaturation brush
  4. Apply the brush on the pre-faded insert only
  5. Now - you got a ghost insert

And here is how it started:

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Old 25 May 2017, 07:38 AM   #2
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Very cool shot!
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Old 25 May 2017, 07:43 AM   #3
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Thought you were going to teach us a bleach trick This is way better
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Old 25 May 2017, 07:53 AM   #4
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Weird. It took the plaid out of your shirt, too.
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Old 25 May 2017, 09:09 AM   #5
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End result:


  1. You simply take a photo of a-tad-faded-olive-green-insert on a 16610LV
  2. Load the image into the Snapseed App
  3. Use the brush tool and select the desaturation brush
  4. Apply the brush on the pre-faded insert only
  5. Now - you got a ghost insert

And here is how it started:

I usually don't like green but this one is awesome.
Is that the 50th anniversary edition for the Sub?
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Old 25 May 2017, 09:11 AM   #6
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Nice.
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Old 25 May 2017, 09:28 AM   #7
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Weird. It took the plaid out of your shirt, too.
...and changed the time!
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Old 25 May 2017, 09:28 AM   #8
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Ghost bezel for my Daytona Ceramic!
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Old 25 May 2017, 09:50 AM   #9
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None of this sounds safe....
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Old 25 May 2017, 10:34 AM   #10
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You're right Bjoern, it worked!
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