How to replace a door while preserving luminosity

[TheTech]

Hi,
In the attached photo, i would like to know how to replace the entrance door with a picture of another, but preserve the shadows & highlights.
I'll be glad to see the process to do that.
Thanks

 

[Rich54]

Is something like this what you have in mind? Essentially, it's an entirely different door, but it has similar cast shadows as the original image.
I may be missing your point entirely. But if this is what you mean, I can explain what I did.

 

[JeffK]

@Rich54 - the OP has left the building but I'm curious how you approached this. My first thought was just to rebuild shadows. Let me know what you think when convenient.
- Jeff

 

[Rich54]

@Rich54 My first thought was just to rebuild shadows.

Yep... that's what I did. First, I found a replacement door that didn't already have distinct shadows of its own. I created a rough selection of the dark shadow pattern from the original image and applied a Curves adjustment to the new door to darken those areas. Separately, I found an image of leaves to create the leaf shadows on the bottom-left of the door. The hard part was fitting the new door into the space while accommodating all the distorted perspective. The shadow part was pretty easy.

 

[puraidodes]

It was good thing that OP did not request to also to change the reflections on the floor.😓

 

[TheTech]

Is something like this what you have in mind? Essentially, it's an entirely different door, but it has similar cast shadows as the original image.
I may be missing your point entirely. But if this is what you mean, I can explain what I did.

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Hi Rich54, Yes, that's what i mean.

 

[Rich54]

Hi Rich54, Yes, that's what i mean.

Ok... is my explanation in post #4 (above) clear to you? If not, I can elaborate. Let me know your level of Photoshop skill.